14:04
09 May 2022
People who evacuated from Melitopol to Zaporizhzhia yesterday came under fire
Photo: Vadim Novikov/1ua.com.ua
People run the risk of leaving Melitopol, but they are either fired upon or denied entry.
Mayor Ivan Fedorov stated this on the air, RIA Melitopol reports.
Fedorov says more than 60% of citizens left Melitopol, i.e. 60-70 thousand residents left the temporarily occupied city.
"Today the request for evacuation and departure from Melitopol is quite large. The russians have not approved a centralized evacuation for almost a month, and private transport is a real challenge for people. Those who went through Orikhiv to Zaporizhzhia yesterday spent 12.5 hours on the road. And those who left through Vasylivka have been standing at the ruscist checkpoint for 3 days, and they don't let them pass towards Zaporizhzhia. There are children, women, and elderly people in this convoy," he said.
