KIEV : Irina Vereshchuk, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, claimed that over 4,000 individuals were safely evacuated using humanitarian corridors in the last 24 hours. According to Ukrayinska Pravda, Vereshchuk claimed in a video address late Monday that seven of the ten routes were operating on Monday.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister, 2,028 individuals were evacuated from Hostomel, Nemishayevo, Vorzel, Dmytrivka, and Peremohy in the Kiev region, and 1,780 from Severodonetsk, Popasna, Hirs'ke, Rubizhne, Kreminna, and Lysychansk in the rebel Luhansk region.
However, Russian soldiers broke the ceasefire agreement in Kiev's Brovary district, preventing evacuation buses from reaching the towns of Bohdanivka, Nova Bohdanivka, and Bobryk, according to Ukrayinska Pravda.
Despite the truce, the soldiers in Luhansk also "provoked skirmishes during evacuations along corridors in the towns of Popasna and Rubizhne," she said.
According to Vereshchuk, the situation in Mariupol remained dire on Monday as Russian soldiers continued to pound the important port city. She said that a humanitarian supply convoy carrying food, medication, and water for Mariupol was still stuck in Berdyansk, roughly 60 kilometres from the beleaguered city. The Deputy Prime Minister also stated that no information on three Ukrainian nationals who were supposedly kidnapped by Russia was available.
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