His father spoke to ANT1 Greece about the operation to free the Greek Consul in Mariupol, Manolis Androulakis, together with the OSCE mission.
As Mr. George Androulakis said, the mission is transported by three large buses and some accompanying private cars.
He said that, as his son told him, there are a total of about 80 people in the convoy, mainly Ukrainian OSCE officials and members of their families.
The father of the Greek consul in Mariupol said that on the phone, in the conversation they had late on Tuesday, Manolis Androulakis sounded cheerful and happy that he managed to break free from Mariupol, after many days of living in extremely difficult conditions, even with a lack of communication. , as Mr. George Androulakis said, since there was no telephone contact with him for most of the 24 hours.
The consul's father, who is continuing his journey to the west of Ukraine, with the aim of crossing the border as soon as possible, also spoke excitedly about the dialogue he had with Mariupol with our diplomat, whose attitude they praised. yesterday Nikos Dendias and Andreas Katsaniotis.
When I asked him "why did not you leave with the journalists?" (Several days ago, with the first evacuation operation from Mariupol), he replied "Oh father, and who will stay here? "There are so many Greeks here και" and it moved me ", said Mr. George Androulakis.