More than 350,000 people were rescued from the areas of hostilities.
This is stated in the address of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Today we finally managed to start the evacuation of people from “Azovstal”. After many weeks of negotiations, after many attempts, various meetings, people, calls, countries, proposals. Finally! There was not a day that we did not try to find a solution that would save our people. Today, for the first time in all the days of the war, this vital corridor has started working. For the first time, there were two ceasefire days in the area," he said.
The President thanked all those who participated in the preparation of the rescue of people and who provided this humanitarian corridor, in particular, Iryna Vereshchuk as the coordinator of this process.
"I am grateful for our Intelligence. Our team – Davyd [Davyd Arakhamia], Andriy [Andriy Yermak]. And also, to the partners who joined and were able to help. In particular, from the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross. We will continue to do everything to evacuate our people from “Azovstal”, from Mariupol in general," Zelenskyy said.
The evacuation of civilians from the territory of the “Azovstal” plant began today in Mariupol with the support of the UN and the Red Cross.
More than 100 Ukrainians, including children, women and the elderly, are heading to Ukraine-controlled territory. Tomorrow they will be met in Zaporizhzhia. The evacuation will continue tomorrow, May 2.