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Ukraine's deputy prime minister has warned people in three regions in eastern Ukraine to evacuate while it's still possible.
She said military leaders in Kharkiv, Donetsk and Luhansk were trying to help people leave "in an organised way".
But now we're heard from the head of the Kharkiv regional administration, who says "we are not carrying out any centralised evacuation measures in Kharkiv".
“We know that the enemy hasn’t changed its plans, but we believe in our Ukrainian armed forces, in the strength of our defences," Oleh Sinehubov said in a Telegram post.
But he said two towns close to the Donetsk region - Barvenkove and Lozoviy - should be evacuated.
Convoy of vehicles from Mariupol makes its way out
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it has escorted a convoy fleeing the besieged city of Mariupol and other areas to safety in the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia.
On Monday, the ICRC said the team it dispatched several days earlier to help evacuate civilians from Mariupol was being held by police in Russian-controlled territory.
But today the ICRC ended up leading a convoy of private vehicle of people who had managed to leave Mariupol and other nearby areas without ICRC support.
Other private cars and buses joined the convoy on its journey, the ICRC said, meaning more than 1,000 people ended up reaching Zaporizhzhia.
Repeated attempts to evacuate residents from the city have collapsed, though some have made the dangerous dash to safety alone.
Earlier this week Mariupol's mayor estimated that around 90% of the city has been completely destroyed as a result of the war.
Source: BBC
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