Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk. File photoMOSCOW, May 13.Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk claims that Turkey has agreed to mediate in the negotiations on the evacuation of militants — primarily the seriously wounded — from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, while Kyiv I would like to sign a document on the procedure for this procedure.According to Vereshchuk, Ukraine has given a mandate to conduct negotiations on the evacuation to representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN.
"We want the document to be signed: exactly how it will be there will be an evacuation from "Azovstal", we are preparing for the signing",» Vereshchuk said in a statement. She noted that, first of all, we are talking about "evacuation of the seriously wounded", and Turkey is ready to become a mediator in these negotiations.
On April 16, official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov said that from the Ukrainian army, foreign mercenaries and neo-Nazis from the Azov Regiment (against whose militants a criminal case has been initiated in Russia), the entire urban territory of Mariupol was cleared. The remnants of the Ukrainian group are blocked at the Azovstal metallurgical plant. The Russian side regularly announces the opening of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. At this time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the formations of the DPR unilaterally cease any hostilities, the units are withdrawn to a safe distance and ensure the withdrawal of civilians in any direction they choose, both to the territory of the Russian Federation and to areas controlled by the Kyiv authorities.
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