Russia blocked 7 evacuation buses from Mariupol
Monday, 4 April 2022, 20:54
On Monday, 4 April, 3,376 people were evacuated via humanitarian corridors, but Russian troops broke agreements with Ukraine.
Source: Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories
Details: 2,405 people were able to reach the city of Zaporizhzhia from Berdiansk and Mariupol using their own means of transport.
In particular, 1,553 people evacuated Mariupol.
805 more people evacuated towns and cities in the Zaporizhzhia region: Polohy, Vasylivka, Berdiansk, Melitopol.
According to Vereshchuk: "A convoy of 7 buses evacuating people from Mariupol along an agreed route and accompanied by an International Committee of the Red Cross delegation is still being denied passage through the city of Manhush.
Occupying troops continue to break agreements they made with us and their own promises."
Details: In the Luhansk region, 971 people have been evacuated from the cities of Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kreminna, and Hirske.
Russian occupying troops systematically broke the ceasefire agreement during evacuation in the Luhansk region.
According to Vereshchuk: "We are conducting negotiations despite the Russian Federation’s opposition to the operation of humanitarian corridors; we will not stop trying to save our people."
