Evacuation of people from Azovstal doesn’t apply to the military, and the wounded, Zelenskyy says

The evacuation of people from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol doesn't involve the military, and the wounded, because the United Nations, with the assistance of which the evacuation mission is underway, doesn't assume such responsibility.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this in an interview with the Greek newspaper EPT News.

"We continue to offer the evacuation of our people. Several tracks are working. Now one of the tracks is the one proposed by the United Nations. I know that this evacuation, unfortunately, doesn't apply to the military or wounded people. They don't take this responsibility. The UN is only talking about helping to evacuate civilians. We have already taken out when russia did not block, a certain number of people from Mariupol. Now we are talking about civilians from Azovstal. There are people there who are afraid to leave because they are being killed. Now we are talking about this. We are working on this track," the Ukrainian head of state said.

Zelenskyy noted that the issue of evacuating the population from Azovstal was very difficult. According to him, now everything depends on the russian side, in which Ukraine has no faith. At the same time, he confirmed that the Ukrainian authorities did not forget or would not forget anyone, so if possible, they will try to organize evacuation getaways from the blocked city.

As reported by Rubryka, more than 100 civilians were evacuated from Mariupol on May 1 as part of the special operation Evacuation of Azovstal. On April 30, the command of the Azov Regiment, which defends Mariupol, reported that 20 women and children had been evacuated from the plant.