The UN is ready to repeat the operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator said in Ukraine.
“Today we safely delivered people to Zaporozhye. However, I am worried that there may remain more civilians. We are ready to work with the ICRC to return to” Azovstal “for their evacuation, as well as do the same in all other areas Ukraine, where intensive … fighting takes place. For this purpose, the UN will continue to interact with the parties to the conflict, ”Lubrany RIA Novosti quotes.
In turn, the press service of the International Committee of the Red Cross said that several dozen civilians left the Azovstali territory during a five-day operation to ensure a safe passage coordinated by the ICRC. It is noted that on the way to the column of buses and ambulance cars, accompanied by the ICC and the UN commands, people on private cars also joined. On Tuesday, over 100 people, including some wounded, reached Zaporozhye. Other people who left the territory of Azovstal went to other places, the committee notes. The ICRC notes that they did not organize and did not accompany these movements of civilians.