Five buses with evacuated Mariupol residents heading to Zaporizhzhya - city council

KYIV. March 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) - Five buses carrying people evacuated from Mariupol have already departed from Berdyansk to Zaporizhzhya, where these people will be provided with all necessary assistance, the Mariupol city council said.

"Five buses with evacuated Mariupol residents are already heading from Berdyansk to Zaporizhzhya. In total, they are carrying around 500 people," the city council said on Telegram.

Upon reaching Zaporizhzhya, the Mariupol residents will be provided with all necessary assistance, ranging from food and medicines to accommodation, it said.