ICRC leads convoy of 500 evacuees out of Mariupol

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says a team of its staff in Ukraine has led a convoy of buses and private cars carrying more than 500 people from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia.

“This convoy’s arrival to Zaporizhzhia is a huge relief for hundreds of people who have suffered immensely and are now in a safer location,” Pascal Hundt, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Ukraine, said in a statement.

“It’s clear, though, that thousands more civilians trapped inside Mariupol need safe passage out and aid to come in,” he added.