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First UN and Red Cross convoy brings civilians out of Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks

Confirmedon two or more distinct origins, at least one tied to no party: 3 distinct origins, 3 tied to no party.

Civilians who had sheltered for weeks in the bunkers of the Azovstal steel plant began leaving on 1 May in a convoy coordinated by the UN and the ICRC, and 101 people from the plant and other parts of Mariupol reached Zaporizhzhia, the UN said. UN official Osnat Lubrani said evacuees told heartbreaking stories of the hell they went through. Further operations followed in the next week. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said more than 600 civilians had been evacuated from Azovstal and other parts of Mariupol by 8 May.

When
1 May 2022
Where
Mariupol, Ukraine
What
humanitarian
Acting party
United Nations
Attribution
Acknowledged by the acting party. The UN and ICRC described their own operation.
In the record
Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · monthly summary

Sources

  1. Evidence UN News United Nations · Unaffiliated origin: UN statements and UN official Osnat Lubrani, who travelled with the convoy · published 2022-05-03 00:00 UTC
  2. Evidence International Committee of the Red Cross Monitoring group · Unaffiliated origin: ICRC statement on the safe passage operation · published 2022-05-01 00:00 UTC
  3. Evidence UN News United Nations · Unaffiliated origin: Statement by the UN Secretary-General · published 2022-05-08 00:00 UTC

History

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