500 civilians were evacuated from Mariupol and the Azovstal plant, the evacuation is underway

With the mediation of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, 500 civilians were evacuated from occupied Mariupol and the Azovstal plant.

It was announced by the Head of the Presidentʼs Office, Andrii Yermak, and the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“We have conducted another stage of a complex operation to evacuate people from Mariupol and Azovstal. I can say that we managed to take out almost 500 civilians,” Yermak said.

According to him, the next stage of rescuing people from Azovstal is underway.

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