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UN confirms evacuation of civilians from Azovstal
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs confirmed on Sunday the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
The United Nations is conducting a "safe passage operation" for civilians from the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, a spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Saviano Abreu, told Reuters.
The operation began on April 29 and is being coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ukraine and Russia, he noted.
Read also: Zelensky : About 100 civilians evacuated from Azovstal plant
Abreu said the operation arrived at the steel works on Saturday morning. He added that no further details could be released so as not to jeopardise the safety of evacuees and the convoy.
Earlier, Davyd Arakhamiya, head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, head of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, and Deputy Prime Minister – Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said that 100 civilians had been evacuated today from Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
On April 30, twenty civilians – women and children – were evacuated from the Azovstal plant destroyed by Russian shelling.
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Air Force commander says Russian Tu-22M3 bomber destroyed by Ukrainian forces.
The anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force and the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate have destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, a carrier of Kh-22 cruise missiles.
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Zelensky after strike on Dnipro: Air defense systems should not be stored in warehouses, but deployed in cities under attack.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that air defense systems should not be stored in warehouses, but deployed in cities that are hit by Russian terrorists.
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Dnipro railway station suspends operations after Russian missile attack.
The railway station in Dnipro has suspended its operations due to Russian missile strikes, with injuries reported among railway workers.
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Russian war losses up by 870 in past day
The total combat losses the Russian invasion army has suffered in Ukraine as of April 19, 2024, amount to 457,830, including 870 in the past day alone.
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“Instant karma”: Video posted of Russian bomber going down right after attacking Ukraine.
Ukraine’s Land Forces published a video showing the crash in Russia’s Stavropol territory of a Tu-22M3 bomber, which was part of the force launching missiles at Ukraine in the early hours of Friday, April 19.
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Record job losses despite an industry on the rise - what's going on in UK gaming?.
In the last four months alone, more than 8,000 people who make video games have lost their jobs around the world, including in the UK. At the same time, our games industry is growing - so what's going on? Read more: #gaming #jobs #uknews SUBSCRIBE...
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Vigil for WPC Yvonne Fletcher as hopes grow for prosecution 40 years after 'callous' murder.
More than a thousand people are expected to head to a London square to celebrate the life of a police officer murdered there exactly 40 years ago. PC Yvonne Fletcher, 25, was shot dead by a bullet fired from inside the Libyan embassy while she was...
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Tomi Lahren: 'This shows you how far the Democrat Party has fallen'.
OutKick host Tomi Lahren sounds off on a wave of anti-Israel protesters that flooded U.S. cities in demonstrations across the country and Katie Couric's recent rhetoric about MAGA Republicans. #FoxNews Subscribe to Fox News! Watch more Fox News Vi...
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Labour 'worried about timing' of Rayner investigation ahead of local elections.
Catherine McKinnell, Labour's shadow schools minister, has said she is "worried about the timing" of a police investigation into Angela Rayner ahead of the local elections. She was asked about reports Greater Manchester Police are investigating La...
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IDF reveals defence system intercepted threats from Iranian attack and warns of 'consequences'.
About 300 explosive drones and cruise missiles were fired by Iran and its proxy groups in Lebanon and Yemen, in what was its first direct attack on its arch-enemy Israel. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said 99 per cent of the missiles were interc...
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What did Germany's Scholz achieve with his trip to China? - DW News.
The three-day trip included some difficult diplomacy when Scholz met at length with Chinese President Xi Jinping Tuesday. The leading topics on the agenda included Germany and the EU's trade ties with China, and Russia's war on Ukraine. This was t...
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