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Friday, April 1, 2022
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Friday, April 1, 2022
Red Cross: ‘Impossible’ to go ahead with Mariupol civilian evacuation
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A Ukrainian serviceman helps an elderly woman get water from a well outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1, 2022. Emergency relief and evacuation convoys for the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol remained in doubt Friday following reports of Russian interference.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
The Red Cross says the team it sent to facilitate the evacuation of thousands of civilians from Mariupol has been forced to turn around after conditions made it “impossible to proceed.”
“The ICRC team, which consists of three vehicles and nine personnel, did not reach Mariupol or facilitate the safe passage of civilians today,” the International Committee of the Red Cross says in a statement, adding: “They will try again on Saturday to facilitate the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol.”
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