Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says about 7,000 people were evacuated from four Ukrainian cities on Friday, a sharply lower number than managed to leave in each of the two previous days.
About 7,000 people were evacuated from four Ukrainian cities on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in a televised address, a sharply lower number than managed to leave in each of the two previous days.Mr Zelenskyy said people were able to flee Chernihiv, Energodar, Hostomel and Kozarovichi on FridayMariupol has been without power or water for more than a week.
Mr Zelenskyy accused Russia of refusing to allow people out of the besieged city of Mariupol and said Ukraine would try again to deliver food and medicines there on Saturday. Almost 40,000 people left a number of cities through humanitarian corridors on Thursday, on top of the 35,000 who fled on Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said.
Mr Zelenskyy said inhabitants of Chernihiv, Energodar, Hostomel and Kozarovichi had managed to escape on Friday. Authorities earlier said the situation in Mariupol was critical as Russian forces tightened their noose around the Black Sea port city and the death toll from shelling and a 12-day blockade reached almost 1,600.
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