Minister of Foreign Affairs Denis Monastyrsky spoke about the situation in Mariupol and the evacuation of civilians. The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports about it ,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 5 , May , 2022 | War News.
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“Currently, there are many civilians at the Azovstal plant. There are police and National Guards there, who together with the Armed Forces are defending the facility in Mariupol,” the Interior Minister said.
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Monastyrsky also reminded that on May 3 the population was evacuated from Mariupol, 156 civilians went to Zaporizhia.
“Almost two thousand Mariupol residents were waiting to be evacuated near Berdyansk. Of the 14 evacuation buses with Mariupol residents, only three reached the territory controlled by the Ukrainian government,” the minister said.
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According to Monastyrsky, if the security situation allows, the evacuation from Mariupol should continue.
“Our soldiers defending Azovstal in the hero city of Mariupol were there and helped civilians get to the evacuation vehicle,” he said.
The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted that the Russian military forcibly took Mariupol residents to the territory of Russia: “This is a crime, in fact – kidnapping. regions where there is no normal housing, no job, no conditions for study. We will return everyone, “- summed up Denis Monastyrsky.
The Russian occupiers are continuing to dismantle the debris in Mariupol by local residents until the “parade” they want to hold in the city on May 9.
Source: Ukrgate