Ukrainian servicemen evacuate people as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marko Djurica
Around 13,000 people were evacuated from a number of Ukrainian cities on Saturday, said Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, almost twice the number who managed to get out the previous day.
Vereshchuk said in an online message that no one had managed to leave the besieged city of Mariupol and blamed obstruction by Russian forces. Moscow had earlier accused Ukrainian forces of intentionally trapping people there.
People cross the Irpin river near a destroyed bridge as they evacuate from Irpin town, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Sandra Maler)
A wounded man is evacuated as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Marko DjuricaPeople hug at the train station during an evacuation of women, children and people with disabilities, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola SynelnikovPeople with children wait at the train station during an evacuation of women, children and people with disabilities, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine March 12, 2022. REUTERS/Mykola Synelnikov
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