The aggressors shelled the approved humanitarian corridor near Kharkiv - Vereshchuk
Kateryna Tyshchenko - Friday, 18 March 2022, 22:38
It was impossible to deliver humanitarian aid to the cities of Balakleya and Izyum near Kharkiv due to Russian troops shelling the agreed route.
Source: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk at a briefing on Friday night
Verbatim: "The work of humanitarian corridors to the towns of Balakleya and Izyum in Kharkiv oblast was disrupted once again, due to the violation of the ceasefire on the agreed route."
Details: 7 out of 9 planned humanitarian corridors have been functional on Friday. A total of 9,145 people were evacuated.
In the Donetsk area, 4,972 people, including 1,124 children, left Mariupol for Zaporizhia in one day.
Fuel was delivered to Berdyansk for Mariupol residents moving along the humanitarian corridor in their own vehicles. 500 people were transported by the buses that arrived in Berdyansk from Zaporizhia.
Iryna Vereshchuk noted that another 10 buses will be sent to Berdyansk this Saturday to pick up Mariupol residents.
4173 people were evacuated from the Sumy region, including 3296 people from Sumy city.
"We are working out routes for the delivery of humanitarian aid to the cities of Kherson, Kharkiv and Luhansk regions tomorrow, as well as preparing humanitarian corridors from the cities of Kyiv region" the Deputy Prime Minister announced.
