Mariupol and Volnovakha remain completely blocked, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message, Report informs, citing Ukrinform.
"Although we did everything necessary to make the humanitarian corridor work, Russian troops did not cease fire. Despite this, I decided to send a convoy of trucks to Mariupol anyway. With food, water, medicine," he said.
According to Zelensky, one of the main tasks for the Ukrainian authorities on Thursday, March 10, was to organize humanitarian corridors. He said that almost 40,000 people had been evacuated during the day. In addition, he said that humanitarian goods had been delivered to some cities. He said that the country's leadership is doing everything to save Ukrainians in cities that the enemy simply wants to destroy. Zelensky noted that due to the work of humanitarian corridors, about 100,000 people were evacuated in two days.
"The world needs to know that. It has to admit it. We are all dealing with a terrorist state," Zelensky said.