Azovstal Evacuation: Post and discuss here!
# Please post evacuation news below.
We are relieved that an Azovstal evacuation is underway since Sunday, May 1 and is set to resume today, Monday, May 2. Please help us streamline news on this topic, so that other relevant posts are not crowded out by duplicate or redundant posts about the evacuation.
So far, this is what we already know.
Sunday, May 1
* [According to President Zelenskyy](https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1520774213728190468) the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant has begun. * [Zelenskyy thanks the ICRC for their support](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ug3dly/i_am_also_grateful_to_the_icrc_for_its_role_in/) * [AP article](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ufzyj1/some_evacuated_from_mariupol_as_united_nations/) with a good write-up (8pm 2022-05-01) * [Evacuation video — Ukraine side](https://i.horizon.pics/uZHmbmXNgR.mp4) * [Video showing the evacuation](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ug2yqv/un_supported_evacuations_are_underway_in_mariupol/) on May 1st 2022 by Russian sources (treat with the necessary doubt) * [Pravda UA article](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/05/1/7343332/) covering the timeline. * [Article from InfoResist](https://inforesist.org/evakuacziya-iz-mariupolya-poyavilis-unikalnye-kadry-operaczii-po-spaseniyu-lyudej/) with video from Polk Azov * [Reuters Interview](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/mariupol-evacuee-recounts-heart-stopping-terror-bunkers-azovstal-2022-05-01/?taid=626ec72989528800012a73d8&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter) with an evacuee * May 1st 2022 [Zelenskyy's evening adress](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ug746m/president_zelenskyy_today_we_finally_managed_to/) * [BBC Reports on the Evacuation of Azovstal](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61292951) * [Shelling resumes at Azovstal after evacuation.](https://reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ug9an7/russia_renews_shelling_of_azovstal_immediately/) * [BBC: "Evacuation paused until Monday"](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/mariupol-azovstal-steel-plant-evacuation-ukraine-intl/index.html)
Monday, May 2
* [Evacuation resumes](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ugli0z/advisor_to_mariupol_mayor_evacuation_from/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share), UA Pravda * [BBC LIVE](https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-61295448) with ongoing reporting on the evacuations from Mariupol * [UA Ministry of Defense](https://twitter.com/armyinformcomua/status/1521097027488256000?s=20&t=KXWvujlB-pLt4PHAwh4byg): More than 100 people evacuated from Azovstal have arrived in Zaporizhzhia * [A little girl newly evacuated](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ugh091/azovstal_evacuation_post_and_discuss_here/i70ijc9/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) * [**RUSSIA'S FALSE CLAIMS ABOUT THE EVACUATION**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ui7wpp/russias_false_claims_about_azovstal_evacuation/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
Tuesday, May 3
* [Mariupol City Council announces on Telegram](https://t.me/mariupolrada/9492) an evacuation for the general population outside of Azovstal, 7 AM local time, at Lunacharsky ring near Berdyansk. They call for maximum dissemination of the announcement. * [BBC also updated on this (same) planned humanitarian corridor.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ugzwt8/there_are_fresh_attempts_to_set_up_a_humanitarian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) Meanwhile, hundreds of people remain trapped at Azovstal.
Wednesday, May 4
* 344 people reportedly evacuated from Azovstal-- [Censor.Net](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uigz8z/evacuation_from_mariupol_today_344_people_were/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)\--[The Guardian](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uiomge/another_344_people_have_been_rescued_from_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) * VIDEO: [Serhii Kuzmenko tells about evacuation from Azovstal and passing russian filtration camps at Bezimenne in Donetsk region on his way to safety.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uii10m/serhii_kuzmenko_tells_about_evacuation_from/) * [Zelenskyy calls for prolonged truce to allow evacuation](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uimrua/ukraine_war_news_prolonged_truce_needed_for/) * [Zelenskyy appeals to the UN for assistance with the evacuation of the over 600 wounded still trapped at Azovstal](https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-ukrayini-proviv-telefonnu-rozmovu-z-generalnim-sek-74773) * Russian troops are on the territory of Azovstal but are being actively fought. A potential informant is cited by Arestovych, an adviser to the president ([Ukrainian source](https://www.5.ua/regiony/arestovych-pro-sytuatsiiu-na-azovstali-nashi-khloptsi-vybyly-okupantiv-znovu-i-vidnovyly-systemu-oborony-276297.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smm))
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Thursday, May 5
* [Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire May 5 - May 7](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uih8ws/ukraine_and_russia_have_agreed_on_a_ceasefire/) to evacuate Azovstal and civilians from the surrounding area, see secondary news source [here](https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/russian-ceasefire-to-begin-at-besieged-mariupol-steel-plant/) * Live Updates from [The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/04/russia-ukraine-war-russia-attacks-azovstal-steel-plant-after-first-evacuated-civilians-reach-safety-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with:block-6272ffc88f08a298acd038f6#block-6272ffc88f08a298acd038f6) * [Russian troops and the forces of Donetsk will unilaterally cease hostilities and ensure the withdrawal of civilians both to Russia and to areas controlled by Ukraine](https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/uipeyh/russia_to_open_humanitarian_corridor_for_civilian/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
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