Tatyana Lomakina, Humanitarian Corridor Action Coordinator from the Office of the President, said that negotiations on the evacuation of doctors and the wounded from the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in temporarily besieged Mariupol (Donetsk region). ) continue.

" It's about 500 people. And also about the opening of humanitarian corridors that Mariupol residents need. And there are still about 100 thousand people in the city. Basically, these are elderly people, women and children,"

She recalled that earlier, with the support of the UN and the Red Cross, about 300 people were evacuated from Azovstal..

In turn, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk later clarified that at the moment there are negotiations on the evacuation of only 38 seriously wounded servicemen from the territory of the plant.

" We work step by step. We will exchange 38 heavy ones, then we will move on.

Now there are no negotiations on the exchange of 500 or 600 people, as reported by some media,"

The Minister called on politicians, journalists and public figures to refrain from commenting on the content of the negotiations, as they not only misinform and disorientate the society, but also harm the negotiation process..

" It's about people's lives. Refrain from publicly commenting on what you don't know. If everything works out and we get people out, then do what you want.. And now I ask you to be responsible and not interfere,"

https://t. me/vereshchuk_iryna/1342.