Nearly 125,000 people leave via humanitarian corridors – Zelenskiy
By Reuters
14 March 2022 |
5:39 am
"Today the key task is Mariupol," he said, adding that a humanitarian supply convoy was now only 80 kilometers (50 miles) away from the besieged port city, where more than 400,000 people are trapped.
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