Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Malyar said 53 of the soldiers were wounded and taken to Novoazovsk, while another 211 were taken to Olenivka.
The two towns where the evacuees were transferred are in the territory of the Donetsk province, where Mariupol remains, controlled by Russian forces, but later they will be “exchanged,” Malyar said, the AFP news agency reported.
According to the Ukrainian authorities, Some 1,000 soldiers, including 600 wounded, remain at the steel plant.
Russia announced early Monday a truce at the steel mill, whose forces are surrounding it, to allow evacuations.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said today that the agreement reached for the evacuation of Ukrainian fighters from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol will allow “saving our boys.”
“We hope to be able to save our boys, because Ukraine needs living heroes, and I believe that every sensible person will understand these words,” the president told the Ukrinform agency.
The women, children and elderly who had taken refuge in the place were evacuated at the end of April, thanks to an operation coordinated by the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Mariupol has been completely devastated since the Russian offensive against Ukraine that began on February 24.
Russia seized Mariupol, located on the Sea of Azov, last month after besieging and shelling it for a month and a half.
Source: Ambito
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