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Ninety-eight civilians were evacuated from Luhansk in conflict-stricken eastern Ukraine through a humanitarian corridor on July 30, said the acting head of Luhansk Regional State Administration. 

“It was only possible to open [the corridor] at 1400. Thirty-six vehicles, 98 people,” Iryna Veryhina told Interfax-Ukraine.

She said the corridor would be open daily from 1000 to 1600.