23 Mar 2022 10:08

Total of 562 people evacuated from Mariupol in past day - DPR

DONETSK. March 23 (Interfax) - A total of 562 civilians, among them more than 100 children, were evacuated from Mariupol in the past day, the territorial defense headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) said.

"Over the past day, from 8:00 a.m. on March 22 to 8:00 a.m. on March 23, 562 people, including 110 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymenne in the Novoazovsk district," the DPR territorial defense headquarters said on Wednesday.

A total of 4,621 civilians were evacuated from the encircled city of Mariupol from March 5 to March 23.