(ANSA) - MOSCOW, MAY 16 - The Russian Defense Ministry has announced that a truce has been reached with Kiev for the evacuation of Ukrainian wounded from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Tass and Interfax report.
"Following talks with the representatives of the Ukrainian troops blocked at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, an agreement was reached on May 16 to evacuate the wounded", announced Moscow, stating that a ceasefire has been implemented in the plant area. and a humanitarian corridor has been opened, through which injured Ukrainian soldiers are taken to a medical facility in Novoazovsk in the Donetsk People's Republic to provide them with all necessary assistance.
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