Donetsk: 96 people evacuated from Mariupol City  

Donetsk, SANA- The regional defense headquarters of the Donetsk People’s Republic announced that 96 people had been evacuated from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol and its suburbs during the past 24 hours.

 “Over the past 24 hours, 96 people were evacuated from Mariupol City and its suburbs, including 20 children, and all of them were transferred to Bizimenoy,” Russia Today cited the headquarters as saying in a statement on Sunday.

 The statement added “They are currently in the center set up by the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Donetsk People’s Republic to help displaced civilians.

 The statement indicated that between March 5 and March 13, 863 people were evacuated from Mariupol to Bizimenoy IDPs assistance point.

 Earlier, the authorities in the Donetsk People’s Republic warned that the militants of the Ukrainian Azov Battalion do not allow civilians in Mariupol to exit through the humanitarian corridors and use them as human shields, in addition to laying mines in the area.

 Ruaa al-Jazaeri