Russian soldiers on the street of Mariupol, Ukraine▶ Click here for a larger view
On the 15th (local time) in eastern Ukraine, where fighting between Ukraine and Russia continues, more than 2,800 civilians escaped, dpa news agency and foreign media such as the BBC reported.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Bereshuk said in a telegram that 2,864 people, including 363 people, had escaped on their own from the port city of Mariupol in the southeast of the city, where Russian forces are under siege.
According to an agreement between the two countries, humanitarian channels have been opened for evacuation of civilians, but it is said that the Russian side does not allow systematic evacuation by the Ukrainian authorities or the International Red Cross (ICRC) from Mariupol, one of the biggest battlegrounds.
As a result, civilians are escaping privately using unsecured passageways.
Ukrainian authorities also claimed that Russia was bombing Mariupol with a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber.
UN World Food Program (WFP) Secretary-General David Beasley said Russian troops had been besieging Mariupol for two weeks and refused to allow relief supplies. did.
According to dpa, Ukraine’s Kharkiv Prosecutors’ Office also said that seven people were killed and 27 injured in a Russian attack on civilians who were trying to escape through a humanitarian corridor by bus.
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