Vereshchuk spoke about the conditions for the humanitarian corridor from Azot

Irina Vereshchuk, Vice Prime Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, spoke about this at a briefing.

According to her, the Azot plant does not have bomb shelters or underground passages or shelters.

Now those people who are there, they are in great danger. However, we did apply to open a humanitarian corridor from Azot, Vereshchuk said.

Today, if I understand correctly, because the situation is constantly changing, there are about 300 people there,” the minister noted.

According to her, to open a humanitarian corridor, it is necessary to involve international organizations, in particular the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. They plan to take people to Lisichansk along one of the bridges, which had not yet been completely destroyed by the Russian invaders.

The first and necessary condition is the good will of the people. We cannot force people to leave. We cannot force them to do anything. This is what the invader does. He forces, forcibly takes out and puts pressure on people. We can only do this if people show such will, as it was at Azovstal. As soon as civilians approached us and said that they wanted to leave, we immediately started doing it. In this case, I know that there are very few people who want to leave Azot," she said.

As Vereshchuk said, the Ukrainian military promised to make short videos with those people who voluntarily want to leave.

If this happens, we will, of course, continue to break through the corridor from Azot. But it is true that the situation there is insanely complicated. The civilian population there suffers a lot, - the vice-premier emphasized.

Earlier, the head of the Lugansk regional military administration, Sergei Gaidai, said that it was dangerous to leave Azot because of the constant shelling and fighting. There are 568 people in the shelter, including 38 children.

According to him, last month these people were offered to evacuate, but they refused.

The head of the region stressed that exit from the plant is possible only if there is a complete ceasefire.