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Third evacuation bus leaves Azovstal

Society 11:35 07 May, 2022

Third evacuation bus leaves Azovstal

Third evacuation bus leaves Azovstal

A bus with 23 civilians on board has now left Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steelworks, Qazet.az reports according to Russia's TASS news agency.

It's the third bus said to have left the site today, and brings the total number of civilians evacuated from Azovstal in the past few hours to 48, including a number of children.

According to TASS, there are plans for a fourth bus to depart the steelworks before the humanitarian corridor is closed at 18:00 GMT.