Russian Navy ship evacuates 308 people from Yemen
A Russian Navy ship has evacuated some 308 people of 19 nationalities from crisis-hit Yemen, where Saudi Arabia has been conducting a military aggression for over two weeks.
Among those evacuated by Russia's Navy ship Priazovye were 45 citizens of the Russian Federation, 18 US nationals, 14 Ukrainian citizens, nine citizens of Belarus, 159 people from Yemen, 13 nationals of Jordan, and nine citizens of Cuba, Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for Russia's Defense Ministry, said early on Sunday.
“All the evacuated citizens are safe on board the Russian ship that will bring them to Djibouti by [Sunday] morning," Konashenkov added.
He also noted that the Russian warship carries out anti-piracy activities in the Gulf of Aden.
Since March 26, Yemen has been under violent Saudi airstrikes, which started without a UN mandate in a bid to restore power to the country’s fugitive former president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a staunch ally of Riyadh.
A spokesperson for the Yemeni army, fighting alongside Ansarullah fighters, said on Thursday that at least 1,000 people, including 200 children, have been killed in the Saudi airstrikes.
He added that 15,000 others have also been injured since the start of the Saudi military campaign.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on April 7 that more than 540 people had been killed in Yemen since mid-March.
Christian Lindmeier, a WHO spokesman, noted that the death toll was related to the period between March 19 and April 6.
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