An evacuation corridor has been agreed with the Russians for the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
Ukraine received a message through the International Committee of the Red Cross confirming Russian readiness to open a “humanitarian corridor” from Mariupol through the city of Berdiansk, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a statement on Telegram.
“On the route to Mariupol we are sending 45 buses,” she said. “28 of them need to obtain a permit to pass through the Russian checkpoint in Vasylivka. In addition, 17 have already left Zaporizhzhia. We will do everything possible to ensure that buses arrive in Mariupol today and pick up people who have not yet been able to leave the city,” she wrote.
Ukrainian officials say about 90% of the city’s buildings have been damaged or made uninhabitable after weeks of intense bombing by Russian forces.
Additional corridors were agreed for the delivery of humanitarian aid and the evacuation of people from the city of Melitopol, Vereshchuk said, and for a column of people in private vehicles to leave the city of Enerhodar for Zaporizhzhia. “Our military has confirmed and guarantees a complete ceasefire,” Vereshchuk said.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a senior official in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, also confirmed that 45 buses will be sent to support the evacuation plan.
Source: CNN Brasil
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