Ukraine says more than 5,550 people evacuated from front-line cities

People fleeing the town of Irpin outside of Kyiv

(Reuters) – Ukraine was able to evacuate more than 5,550 people from front-line cities on Sunday via nine humanitarian corridors, deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk said in a video statement.

She said 3,950 were evacuated from towns and cities in the Kyiv region.

(Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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