13 Apr 2022 10:16

Total of 2,671 evacuated from Mariupol, cities in Zaporizhzhya, Luhansk regions over past day - Vereshchuk

KYIV. April 13 (Interfax-Ukraine) - A total of 2,671 persons were evacuated from Mariupol in the Donetsk region and a number of cities in the Zaporizhzhya and Luhansk regions through humanitarian corridors on April 12, Ukrainian Minister of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said.

For instance, 2,343 people reached Zaporizhzhya from Mariupol and Berdyansk by personal vehicles. Out of that number, 208 are residents of Mariupol and 2,135 are residents of cities in the Zaporizhzhya region (Polohi, Vasylivka, Berdyansk and Melitopol), she said.

According to Vereshchuk, 328 people were evacuated from Lysychansk, Sievierodonetsk, Rubizhne, Kremenna and Popasna in the Luhansk region.