Ukraine expects good news over the weekend regarding evacuations of people from the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelesnskiy said on Saturday.
People walk along a street near residential buildings heavily damaged in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander ErmochenkoLVIV, Ukraine, April 2 - Ukraine expects good news over the weekend regarding evacuations of people from the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday.
"Our delegation has reached an agreement in Istanbul to provide evacuations," Oleksiy Arestovych told Ukraine's television. "I think that today or maybe tomorrow we will hear good news regarding the evacuation of the inhabitants of Mariupol." The International Committee of the Red Cross sent a team on Friday to lead a convoy of about 54 Ukrainian buses and other private vehicles out of the city, but they turned back, saying conditions made it impossible to proceed. They were due to try again on Saturday.
Encircled since the early days of Russia's five-week-old invasion, Mariupol has been Moscow's main target in the southeastern region of Donbas. Tens of thousands of people are trapped in the city with scant access to food and water.Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Lidia Kelly Editing by Frances KerrySubscribe to our sustainability newsletter to make sense of the latest ESG trends affecting companies and governments.
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