20 April 2024,   06:08
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UN Secretary General said that nearly 500 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal

The UN chief says that 500 people have now been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, Mariupol and surrounding areas.

“In a joint United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross operation, 2 safe passage convoys successfully evacuated nearly 500 people from the Azovstal plant, Mariupol and surrounding areas.

I hope that continued coordination with Moscow and Kyiv will lead to more humanitarian pauses to allow civilians safe passage”, - tweeted Antonio Guterres.

Late on Thursday, Zelensky said in a video address that more than 150 people from Azovstal and more than 300 people from Mariupol and its suburbs had been evacuated this week.

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