150,000 evacuated from Ukraine through humanitarian corridors
10:32 UTC+8, 2022-03-15
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Some 150,000 people have been evacuated from conflict zones in Ukraine to safe places through humanitarian corridors so far, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
10:32 UTC+8, 2022-03-15
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A child waits to be evacuated from the city of Irpin, north of Kiev, on March 10, 2022.
Some 150,000 people have been evacuated from conflict zones in Ukraine to safe places through humanitarian corridors so far, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Monday.
People are still exposed to dangers along humanitarian corridors, Vereshchuk said at a news briefing.
After rounds of negotiations, Ukraine and Russia agreed to set up humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians.
According to reports by the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday, Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko said Ukraine has established 26 humanitarian corridors in six regions to evacuate civilians.
Source: Xinhua
Editor: Wang Qingchu
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