Humanitarian cargo returns to Zaporizhzhia as Mariupol blocked for evacuation

Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk said this during a nationwide telethon on Ukrainian TV channels, Ukrinform reports.

“Mariupol remains completely blocked for the evacuation of people and for humanitarian aid. Fighting is ongoing in area between Horikhovo and Polohy, our humanitarian cargo has returned to Zaporizhzhia. For the fourth day in a row, we cannot deliver water, necessary medicines and food," she said.

According to Vereshchuk, the situation is a little better in the Kyiv direction - Bucha, Irpin, Hostomel. "In this direction, we have an opportunity to evacuate [people] so far, but the situation is very uncertain,” she said.

As reported, humanitarian corridors from Mariupol, Volnovakha, Izium, Sumy, Trostianets and Krasnopillia and some cities near the capital - Bucha, Borodianka, Irpin and Hostomel - were opened in Ukraine on Thursday, March 10.