Every day, volunteers manage to evacuate up to 120 civilians from Mariupol.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko spoke about this during a briefing at the Media Center Ukraine.
"Deportation to Russia continues. They almost closed the borders towards Ukraine. We have so-called "goat trails", by which we can take out locals today. Unfortunately, the Red Cross or the UN has left and we canʼt take out thousands of people as we did before. But thanks to our volunteers, we take 60-120 Mariupol residents out of this hell every day," Boychenko said.
According to him, more than 100 thousand people remain in the city, and up to 50 thousand locals have been deported to Russia. Almost 40 thousand Mariupol residents are now neither in Ukraine, nor Russia.
Today, Russian-occupied Mariupol is left without energy, water. and gas supplies.
- Mariupol was defended for 82 days, the defenders of the city concentrated their forces on the Azovstal plant until the last minute to gain time for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in other areas and positions. On May 16, the evacuation of fighters from the plant began. They were transported to occupied Olenivka. Then, with the assistance of Ukrainian intelligence and international organizations, they should be exchanged. Currently, the occupiers are transporting surviving vehicles from Mariupol to Donetsk, as well as steel and various equipment. Meanwhile, no one takes care of the improvement of the city itself.