Ukraine says 3,810 people were evacuated from cities on Thursday - Interfax agency

A total of 3,810 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on Thursday, Interfax Ukraine cited a senior official as saying, a far smaller number than on Wednesday.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told a briefing that around 2,000 people managed to leave the besieged city of Mariupol. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a total of more than 60,000 people had been evacuated on Wednesday from a number of cities and towns.