Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Malyar, on Tuesday, said over 260 Ukrainian soldiers had been evacuated from the Azovstal plant in the embattled city of Mariupol.
According to the government-run news agency, Ukrinform, Malyar said 53 seriously-wounded soldiers were evacuated from Azovstal to a healthcare facility in Novoazovsk for medical treatment, while 211 others were taken to the Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor.
He added that the Ukrainian soldiers would soon be exchanged for captured Russians.
The operation to evacuate the Ukrainian military from the Azovstal steel plant is continuing, the press service of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Facebook.
Mariupol, a key Azov seaport city in eastern Ukraine, saw one of the worst bouts of violence in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Azovstal plant, which covers an area of about 11 square kilometres, was the holdout of the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.
