Zelenski reports the rescue of almost 35,000 people through humanitarian corridors
The President of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski, has assured in the early hours of this Thursday that almost 35,000 people have been rescued through the humanitarian corridors in Ukraine and has stressed that the authorities are preparing six new routes to facilitate the safe exit of the population. . “In total, about 35,000 people have been rescued. We will continue tomorrow,” Zelensky stressed in a message to the nation via Facebook.
Thus, he explained that this Wednesday they have managed to “organize the work of three humanitarian corridors. From the city of Sumi, from the cities and towns of the Kiev region and from Energodar,” he said. Likewise, the president has indicated that the Ukrainian authorities are preparing six humanitarian corridors to remove the population from the areas attacked by Russian forces: “We are preparing six corridors. We pray that people can leave Mariupol, Izium, Volnovaja, etc. Taken to safe cities in our free Ukraine,” he added.
On the other hand, Zelensky has reiterated his call for Western leaders to “finally do what they had to do on the first day of the invasion”, demanding that the West close the Ukrainian sky to “Russian missiles and bombs”, or offer fighter jets to the country “so we can do it all ourselves.
“Europeans! They will not be able to say that they did not see what happened to the Ukrainians, what happened to the residents of Mariupol. You have seen it. You know it,” Zelensky emphasized. after condemning the bombing by the Russian authorities of several medical facilities in the city of Mariupolwhich is located in the southeast of Ukraine and whose conquest is key to Russia’s aspirations to unite the Crimean peninsula with the rebel territories of Donbas.
“Russian bombs fell on a hospital and a maternity in Mariupol. Children’s hospital. Maternity hospital that is working! The buildings are destroyed. So far, 17 are injured. The dismantling of the rubble is still ongoing,” he said. asserted the president of Ukraine. Thus, Zelenski has emphasized that “the aerial bomb on the maternity hospital is the final proof. The proof that the genocide of the Ukrainians is taking place.” (EuropePress)
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