President of Ukraine

As of March 18, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon, and a hotline for information on war prisoners and missing persons has been launched - Iryna Vereshchuk

18 March 2022 - 10:09

As of March 18, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon, and a hotline for information on war prisoners and missing persons has been launched - Iryna Vereshchuk

As of March 18, nine humanitarian corridors have been agreed upon in Ukraine to evacuate people from settlements affected by shelling by Russian troops. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk.

Thus, evacuation from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia is planned in the Donetsk region. "A convoy of buses with a fuel truck continued to move from Vasylivka. After 9 am the second column of buses with Mariupol residents who managed to escape from the city will be transported from Berdyansk to Zaporizhzhia. Those who, unfortunately, go on foot, will be assisted in the city of Manhush," she said.

In the Sumy region, humanitarian corridors have been coordinated from the cities of Sumy, Trostyanets, Lebedyn and Konotop, as well as from the villages of Krasnopillya and Velyka Pysarivka to Poltava.

In the Kharkiv region, humanitarian aid is planned to be delivered to the cities of Balakliya and Izyum.

For Tomorrow, March 19, routes of humanitarian aid to the cities of the Kherson and Luhansk regions are being worked out.

Iryna Vereshchuk reminded the phone numbers of the National Information Bureau: 1648 and (044) 287-81-65.

"This hotline is designed for the initial collection of information and communication with victims. The line will also function in messengers. I ask those who have questions and who want information about the dead, missing, prisoners of war, illegally detained by Russia, including civilians to call and we will help," said the Deputy Prime Minister.