President Zelensky Confirms Evacuation of Troops from Besieged Azovstal Plant in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky confirmed in his video address that an evacuation of national troops from Azovstal steelmaking complex in Mariupol had started, TASS reports.
"… we cherish a hope that we will be able to save the lives of our boys," Zelensky said. "There are severely wounded ones among them and they need medical attendance."
The Ukrainian president said that Kiev hoped to return all of them to their country as soon as possible.
"The work is underway to return boys back home, but this work is very delicate and time-consuming," he added.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Monday that an agreement was reached to evacuate wounded Ukrainian troops from the Azovstal steel plant and a humanitarian corridor was opened for this purpose.
The ministry added that a ceasefire had been introduced in the surrounding area of the embattled plant and a humanitarian corridor was opened to provide exit for wounded Ukrainian troops to be taken to a medical facility in Novoazovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
The Ukrainian side announced earlier that 53 severely wounded Ukrainian military servicemen were evacuated on May 16 from Azovstal plant in Mariupol to Novoazovsk (in DPR), while 211 more Ukrainian troops were evacuated from the plant through a humanitarian corridor to the city of Yelenovka (also in DPR).
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