View of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. File photoGENEVA, Apr 24UN Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine Amin Awad said that the fighting in Mariupol must be stopped immediately so that the civilian population has the opportunity to evacuate. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense offered humanitarian corridors from the territory of Azovstal, the militants were given the opportunity to lay down their arms and leave, but the Ukrainian side refused this, and the civilians of Mariupol who expressed their desire were evacuated. «The lives of tens of thousands of people, including women and children, are at stake in Mariupol and the elderly… We need a pause in the fighting right now to save lives. The longer we wait, the more lives will be at risk. They must be allowed to safely evacuate now, today. Tomorrow may be too late,» Awad said in a statement. .Liberated Mariupol
Russian troops and units of the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Mariupol.
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Russian troops and units of the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Mariupol.
The Russian President decided to cancel the assault on the industrial area of the plant "Azovstal", calling it inappropriate figurative.
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The Russian president decided to cancel the assault on the industrial zone of the "Azovstal" plant, calling it inexpedient.
The Ukrainian group remaining at the plant will not affect the establishment of peaceful life, the military believes.
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The Ukrainian group remaining at the plant will not affect the establishment of peaceful life, the military believes.
The situation in the city is calm, you can put things in order.
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The situation in the city is calm, you can clean up.
What can be restored — they will do it right away, they promise to break the rest into stages.
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What can be restored will be done immediately, the rest they promise to break it down into stages.
The overall goal is for Mariupol to become better than it was after the restoration, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
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The overall goal is to make Mariupol better than it was after the restoration, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
Evacuation has been organized for those who want to leave the city.
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For those who want to leave the city, an evacuation has been organized.
Many houses in the city have been destroyed.
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Many houses in the city were destroyed.
Almost 90% of the houses were without windows , it is impossible to live in apartments.
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Almost 90% of houses without glass, it is impossible to live in apartments.
547 people were evacuated to Bezymennoe during the day. Another 79 citizens were taken to the Zaporozhye region and handed over to representatives of Ukraine.
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547 people were evacuated to Bezymennoye during the day. Another 79 citizens were taken to the Zaporozhye region and handed over to representatives of Ukraine.
Fighters of the People's Militia of the DPR in Mariupol.
Fighters of the People's Militia of the DPR in Mariupol.
The "Somalia"battalion, which took part in the battles for Mariupol, left the city and went to Donetsk.
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The "Somalia"battalion, which took part in the battles for Mariupol, left the city and went to Donetsk.
Donetsk residents greeted the fighters with flags and flowers.
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Residents of Donetsk greeted the fighters with flags and flowers.
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Russian troops and units of the People's Militia of the DPR liberated Mariupol.
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The Russian president decided to cancel the assault on the industrial zone of the Azovstal plant, calling it inexpedient.
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The Ukrainian group remaining at the plant will not affect the establishment of peaceful life, the military believes.< /p>
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The situation in the city is calm, you can put things in order.
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What can be restored will be done right away, the rest is promised to be divided into stages.
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The overall goal is to make Mariupol better than it was after the restoration, said the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
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For those who want to leave the city, an evacuation has been organized.
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Many houses in the city have been destroyed.
9 of 13< p>It is impossible to live in almost 90% of houses without glass.
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547 people were evacuated to Bezymennoye in a day. Another 79 citizens were taken to the Zaporozhye region and handed over to representatives of Ukraine.
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Fighters of the People's Militia of the DPR in Mariupol.
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The "Somalia"battalion, which took part in the battles for Mariupol, left the city and went to Donetsk.
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Residents of Donetsk met the fighters with flags and flowers.
On Sunday, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expressed concern about the situation in Mariupol and called for immediate humanitarian access to evacuate civilians from the city. The humanitarian organization stated that it was ready to help coordinate measures to ensure the voluntary evacuation of civilians and the wounded from the city, including from the Azovstal plant. , but in June of the same year, the Ukrainian security forces regained control of Mariupol. On March 7, 12 days after the start of the Russian special operation to demilitarize Ukraine, the deputy commander of the Vostok battalion, Alexander Semyonov, announced that the city was surrounded, and a cleansing of its individual districts had begun. On April 16, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov, announced that the entire city territory had been cleared of the Ukrainian army, foreign mercenaries and neo-Nazis from the Azov regiment (against whose militants a criminal case was initiated in Russia). The remnants of the Ukrainian group are blocked at the Azovstal metallurgical plant. The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, in a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, earlier called for the opening of «humanitarian corridors» from Mariupol. In turn, the Russian leader spoke about the ongoing measures to protect the civilian population of Donbass, the daily opening of «humanitarian corridors». Putin noted that after the liberation of Mariupol, the order was given to cancel the assault on Azovstal, and life is guaranteed for all who laid down their arms.Russia is ready to evacuate people from Mariupol in any directionThe Russian army is ready to ensure the evacuation of all willing civilians from areas of Mariupol adjacent to Azovstal both to Russian territory and to territory controlled by the military of Ukraine, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response said earlier. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also noted that a regime of silence was declared more than once, all hostilities ceased completely, humanitarian corridors were opened for the exit of civilians who may be on the territory of Azovstal. This week on Wednesday, the military of the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic and the RF Armed Forces organized humanitarian corridors from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, with their help 127 people were evacuated. On Tuesday, DPR units brought to a safe place 120 residents of Mariupol, who were hiding in basements near the Azovstal checkpoint. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and as of March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.