Ukraine war liveblog: Russia expels several US diplomats

Ukraine war liveblog: Russia expels several US diplomats

In Ukraine are during the day more than 4500 people evacuated from besieged and embattled cities been. The majority of them, almost 3,000 people, came from the port city of Mariupol to the city of Zaporizhia by private transport, said the deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, on Telegram

There were also other evacuations from the town of Huljajpole, the Luhansk region and three villages in the Kyiv region. According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk seven out of nine planned corridors are working. In two escape routes, buses were stopped by Russian units at checkpoints, she said in a video message. The information could not initially be independently verified.

The Russian side said around 8,500 residents of Mariupol had been evacuated without the participation of the Kiev leadership. This was announced by Russian Major General Mikhail Mizintsev on Wednesday evening, according to the Russian agency Interfax. From Russia it was also said that around 180 residents of two villages in the Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border were evacuated on Wednesday evening. This was reported by the Interfax agency on Thursday night, citing a mayor.

Source: Stern

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