Around 29,000 people were evacuated from Ukraine cities on Tues – Kyiv

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Odessa

(Reuters) – A total of around 29,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Tuesday, most of them leaving the besieged port of Mariupol, said a senior government official.

Senior Ukrainian presidential official Kyrylo Tymoshenko said in an online post that about 20,000 people had left Mariupol in private cars. Ukraine earlier accused Russia of blocking a convoy trying to take supplies to the city.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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