The Russian Defense Ministry announced the evacuation of 80 civilians from Azovstal

MOSCOW: According to the department, all those released were evacuated to Bezymennoe, where they were provided with accommodation, food, and the necessary medical assistance.

80 civilians, including women and children, held by Ukrainian nationalists, were rescued from the territory of Azovstal thanks to the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This was reported to journalists in the Russian Defense Ministry.

“Thanks to the initiative of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, 80 civilians, including women and children, held by Ukrainian nationalists, were rescued from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. a regime of silence was provided," the military department said.

According to the ministry, all the released civilians were evacuated to Bezymennoe of the Donetsk People's Republic, where they were provided with accommodation, food, and the necessary medical assistance. "Civilians evacuated by Russian servicemen from the Azovstal plant who wished to leave for areas controlled by the Kyiv regime have been handed over to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross," the military department stressed.

On Sunday morning, the Russian military department reported that two groups of civilians, numbering 25 and 21 people, left the residential buildings adjacent to the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant along the humanitarian corridor due to the silence regime introduced on April 30. The ministry emphasized that all civilians were provided with accommodation, food, and the necessary medical assistance.