At this stage we are talking about rescuing the wounded and medics.
Coordinator of actions on humanitarian corridors from the office of President Tatiana Lomakina said that Ukraine is currently trying to agree with Russia on the evacuation from Azovstal of medics, wounded soldiers , as well as other civilians who are still in Mariupol. She said this during the last briefing, informs “UNIAN”.
“Negotiations are underway on a possible second stage of the humanitarian operation to rescue medical workers and the wounded – about 500 people, as well as the opening of humanitarian corridors needed by Mariupol residents themselves,” she said.
< p>According to Lomakina, several thousand people are still in Mariupol today. These are mostly women, children and the elderly. “
” They are all waiting for salvation, and Ukraine will do everything possible to open a humanitarian corridor and help people move to peaceful areas of Ukraine, “Lomakina said.
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According to official data, about a thousand Ukrainian servicemen from the battalion “Azov”, 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, 36th Separate Brigade of Marines, border guards, police, volunteers, Mariupol Defense Forces. Most of them are injured . The situation is critical.
On May 8, the Ukrainian military in Mariupol confirmed that it was ready to surrender to a third party and remain in the country until the end of the war. At the same time, they are also asking to evacuate the bodies of their dead brothers and sisters. The National Guard of Ukraine stated that President Volodymyr Zelensky and the entire leadership of the state are working on the application of the extraction procedure – export of our defenders to a safe third country – to release wounded soldiers, medics and military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol blocked by the occupiers.
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