A third attempt to evacuate civilians trapped in Mariupol is under way, UN confirms; Russian shelling and assault of Azovstal steel works ‘do not stop’, Zelenskiy says
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Rescue operations to evacuate civilians trapped in besieged Mariupol are set to resume today as Russia’s assault on the Azovstal steel works plant continues.
UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said on Thursday a rescue convoy was already on its way while speaking at a Ukraine donor conference in Warsaw.
A convoy is proceeding to get to Azovstal by tomorrow morning hopefully to receive those civilians remaining in that bleak hell… and take them back to safety.
More than 150 people from Azovstal and more than 300 people from Mariupol and its suburbs who were evacuated by the humanitarian corridor this week are already receiving all the help they need. Medical, document renewal, financial assistance, communication with relatives, friends and families.
Currently, Russian shelling and assault of Azovstal do not stop.
We do not provide intelligence on the location of senior military leaders on the battlefield or participate in the targeting decisions of the Ukrainian military,” Kirby said.
“Ukraine combines information that we and other partners provide with the intelligence that they themselves are gathering on the battlefield.
