Ukrainian President "Two days to evacuate from Mariupol's steelworks"

Ukrainian President Zelensky has revealed that civilian evacuation from a steel mill in Mariupol, a key point in the east, will take place on May 1st and 2nd as Russia continues its military invasion.

However, in eastern Ukraine, Russian troops are intensifying their offensive, and it remains unpredictable whether evacuation will take place for two consecutive days.

On May 1, Ukrainian President Zelensky posted a video on social media, revealing that civilian evacuation has begun from the Azovstal iron and steel plant in Mariupol, a key point in the east.

Hundreds of citizens are said to remain at the steelworks, of which about 100 departed as the first team, so they decided to join a Ukrainian representative in Zaporizhia in the southeast. It is supposed to be.

President Zelensky said, "The important corridor is starting to function for the first time. More than 100 citizens have already evacuated. I hope that all conditions will be met so that evacuation can continue tomorrow." It was revealed that the second group will be evacuated on the afternoon of the 2nd of the time.

The Russian Ministry of Defense also announced on the 1st, "Under the initiative of President Putin, 80 citizens, including women and children detained by Ukrainian nationalists, have been released from the premises of the steelworks."

Meanwhile, Russian troops have destroyed the runway of the military air base in Odesa, southern Ukraine, with missiles, and also attacked seven military facilities in Donetsk and Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine.

Governor Kirirenko of Donetsk Oblast revealed that four civilians were killed and 11 were injured in an attack by Russian troops in the northern part of the state. Three people were killed and eight were injured, calling on citizens to stay in shelters.

Regarding the evacuation of citizens from Mariupori, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on April 26, and then the UN and the International Commission for the Red Cross have agreed in principle to be involved in the evacuation. Was announced.

However, the Russian army is intensifying its offensive to the east and south, and it remains unpredictable whether civilians will be evacuated from the Azovstal ironworks for two consecutive days.