500 people manage to evacuate from Azovstal, evacuation continues - Yermak

The Ukrainian President's Office Head Andriy Yermak told about the successful evacuation from Azovstal.

"We have another complex operation to evacuate Mariupol residents from Azovstal. We managed to take out almost 500 civilians. Ukraine will continue to do everything possible to save all the civilians and the military. Thanks the United Nations for their help," the message reads.

At this moment the next stage of evacuation from Azovstal continues. Information on the results will be provided later.