Negotiations with aggressors are underway: authorities are requesting to evacuate people from Mariupol, Berdyansk, Energodar
Svitlana Kizilova - Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 22:42
The Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Iryna Vereshchuk, reported on the results of the humanitarian corridors’ operations on 29 March.
Source: data provided by the Ministry for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories
Details: 1,665 people arrived to Zaporizhzhia by their personal vehicles through humanitarian corridors on 29 March.
These are 936 Mariupol residents, and 729 residents of Zaporizhzhia Oblast (region): Berdyansk, Melitopol, Energodar, Polohy, Orikhiv, Hulyaypole and Vasylivka.
People receive all the assistance necessary after having registered at the centres for evacuees.
At the same time, the aggressors are blocking convoys of evacuation buses and trucks with humanitarian aid in Vasylivka town, which have been sent to Berdyansk, Melitopol and Energodar this morning.
Organised convoys of people travelling by private transport from Tokmak and Energodar along the route to Zaporizhzhia have also been blocked.
Quote: "We are negotiating with the aggressors to allow them [convoy -ed.] to leave for Zaporizhzhia in the morning. Tomorrow we will make every effort to ensure the operation of three humanitarian corridors, which we have confirmed today - Mariupol, Berdyansk, Melitopol and Energodar."