Seven evacuation corridors along the main routes are to be opened in the Ukraine this Saturday (2), according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
Announcing the runners in a post on FacebookVereshchuk said the list includes the route from the besieged city of Mariupolin the south to the government-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine.
Private transport will travel along the evacuation route, stopping at the cities of Mangush, Berdiansk, Tokmak, Vasylivka and Kamyanske, before reaching the final destination of Zaporizhzhia.
Vereshchuk announced in a video message late on Friday that a convoy of 42 buses traveling from the southern city of Berdiansk carrying residents of the besieged city of Mariupol managed to pass a key checkpoint. Russian and was on his way to Zaporizhzhia.
That convoy arrived in town later that night.
Vereshchuk hailed the arrival as a success, following efforts by the Ukrainian government to try to “open the corridors from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia” since March 5.
A total of 6,266 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Friday, including 1,431 people who moved from the southern cities of Berdiansk and Melitopol in their own vehicles to Zaporizhzhia via evacuation corridors, according to Vereshcuk.
She added that of that number, 771 people originally came from Mariupol.
A route for buses and private vehicles from Berdiansk to Zaporizhzia is also due to operate on Saturday, with stops planned in Tokmak, Vasylivka and Kamyanske.
Evacuation routes will also be opened from the city of Rubizhne, in the separatist-controlled region of luhanskto Bakhmut, in the eastern region of donetskalso controlled by Russian-backed separatists.
The remaining routes will operate from Nizhny to Bakhmut, Severodonetsk to Bakhmut, Popasna to Bakhmut and Lysychansk to Bakhmut.
Source: CNN Brasil
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