Zelensky claims that 40,000 people were evacuated from various cities in Ukraine

the president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky, has stated this morning that almost 40,000 people have been evacuated this Thursday from various cities in the country, according to the statesman in a video on his Telegram account.

“Today – Thursday – one of our main tasks has been the organization of humanitarian corridors (…) we have managed to evacuate almost 40,000 people from Poltava, Kiev, Cherkasy, Zaporizhzhia, Dinipró and Lviv for their safety”, indicated the president.

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According to a note this morning from the head of the Moscow National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, collected by the Interfax agency, Russia will allow the departure of humanitarian convoys from several Ukrainian cities today on condition that they are notified in advance. details of the vehicles and the officials who will accompany them.

The constant exodus of refugees leaving Ukraine fleeing the war due to the Russian invasion exceeds 2.3 million people through neighboring Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Russia itself, according to the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR).

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Source: Elcomercio

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