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UN also confirms Mariupol evacuation

Society 20:49 01 May, 2022

UN also confirms Mariupol evacuation

UN also confirms Mariupol evacuation

United Nations spokesperson has also confirmed that an operation to evacuate civilians from the southern port city of Mariupol is taking place, Qazet.az reports.

Earlier Russia said groups of 25 and 21 people had been evacuated from the area near the Azovstal steelworks, the last remaining part of the city under the control of Ukrainian troops.

Ukrainian officials say there about 1,000 civilians and more than 500 wounded soldiers trapped at the industrial complex.