Thirty buses are en route to collect evacuees from Mariupol, says Ukrainian official

FILE PHOTO: Service members of the Ukrainian armed forces take position after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized military operation in eastern Ukraine, in Mariupol

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Thirty buses are en route to the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol to collect evacuees via a humanitarian corridor to Ukraine-controlled territory, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on television on Tuesday.

There were signs Russian forces were firing in the direction of a route for humanitarian aid, she added, without providing further details.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Writing by Alessandra Prentice, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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