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People arrive in Zaporizhzhia after driving out of the besieged city of Mariupol in private cars along the humanitarian corridor. The successful evacuations come after several failed attempts since Russian forces surrounded the port city on the Azov Sea earlier this month. IMAGES
Buses line up along the side of the road as civilian safe passage from Ukraine's besieged eastern port city of Mariupol is put on hold for a second consecutive day due to violations of the ceasefire agreed with Russian-led forces surrounding the city. IMAGES
Days after the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the estimated 200,000 people to evacuate from the front line region of Donetsk, evacuees arrive in the city of Kropyvnytsky in the Kirovograd Region in central Ukraine. IMAGES
Three school buses carrying evacuees from the besieged city of Mariupol arrive in Zaporizhzhia in south-eastern Ukraine. Strategic port Mariupol has been a key target for Russia in its attack on Ukraine and devastating bombardments have left swathes of the city in ruins. Ukrainian forces are holed up along with civilians in a final stronghold in the vast Azovstal iron and steel works. IMAGES
On a visit to Romania, British defence secretary Ben Wallace says that "the striking of civilian critical infrastructure is a war crime", referring to the reported rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk being used for civilian evacuations. SOUNDBITE
It is unclear whether the planned evacuation of civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine, can go ahead this Friday, says Ewan Watson, spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) SOUNDBITE
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