Humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from Azovstal ends
STORY: Humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from Azovstal ends
DATELINE: May 8, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:44
LOCATION: Beijing
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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1. various of the evacuation
STORYLINE:
A Russian official said on Saturday that the humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol has ended.
Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, said during the operation starting from Thursday, 51 people, namely 18 men, 22 women and 11 children, were rescued.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk also said Saturday Ukraine has evacuated all women, children and the elderly from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
On Friday, head of the President's Office Andriy Yermak said that Ukraine had evacuated about 500 civilians from Mariupol.
Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing.
(XHTV)
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