About 500 civilians from Mariupol were evacuated during the next stage of the evacuation with the participation of the UN and the ICRC, head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andriy Yermak has said.

"We have conducted the next stage of a complex operation to evacuate people from Mariupol and Azovstal. I can say that we managed to evacuate almost 500 civilians. Ukraine will continue to do everything to save all civilians and military. Thanks for the UN's help," Yermak wrote on Telegram on Friday morning.