towards an unprecedented evacuation plan in Mariupol

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In Ukraine, on the 31st day of war, a glimmer of hope arises for the inhabitants of the port city of Mariupol, a city besieged by the Russians. A humanitarian evacuation operation could take place in the coming days, and it would be organized by France, Turkey and Greece.

At the edge of the Black Sea, only ruins remain. 80% homes in Mariupol were reportedly destroyed. 100,000 civilians trapped by the fighting are waiting to be evacuated. Their living conditions have become untenable, they lack everything. In front of a hospital, families are cracking up. According to the town hall, 2,000 inhabitants have already been killed in the bombardments, and the figure continues to climb.

Friday March 25, at the European summit in Brussels (Belgium), President Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted to launch an unprecedented evacuation plan. No details of this plan have been released. For the time being, only two roads have made it possible to evacuate residents gradually. To the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, where 2,800 people left on Friday, or to Russia in Rostov, which the majority of civilians do not want. A vast evacuation plan could only be done with the agreement of the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin is due to speak with Emmanuel Macron on the phone soon.


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