‘Not yet clear’ that Mariupol evacuation will happen today, Red Cross says

A convoy of volunteers carrying supplies for civilians stuck in Mariupol leaves Zaporizhzhya, on March 29, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Emre Caylak / AFP)
A convoy of volunteers carrying supplies for civilians stuck in Mariupol leaves Zaporizhzhya, on March 29, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Emre Caylak / AFP)

The Red Cross says it is “not yet clear” that the evacuation of civilians from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol will go ahead as planned today.

“We remain hopeful, we are in action moving towards Mariupol… but it’s not yet clear that this will happen today,” Ewan Watson, a spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, tells reporters in Geneva, as an ICRC team of three cars and nine staff heads toward the city.

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