“Yes, there are civilians who, either by tricks or by a lucky chance, were able to leave the territory of the enterprise,” TASS quoted him as saying on the air of the Solovyov Live TV channel.

Marochko added that civilians who left the plant reported a catastrophic humanitarian situation at the enterprise.

Earlier, the LPR stated that up to 1,000 civilians could be on the territory of the Azot plant in Severodonetsk.