The day before, 52 seriously wounded Ukrainian servicemen were evacuated.
On the territory of the Azovstal plant A humanitarian operation is underway in Mariupol, Iryna Vereshchuk, the Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, told Telegram.
we will exchange them for Russian prisoners of war, “Vereshchuk said.
She also said:” We are working on the next stages of the humanitarian operation. “
On May 16, 53 seriously injured people were evacuated from the plant to Novoazovsk Medical Center for medical treatment. Another 211 people were taken to Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor.
Both settlements are located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in the so-called “DPR”.
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