Over 100,000 people still need urgent evacuation from Ukraine's besieged Mariupol, says mayor
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A local resident stands near an apartment building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine April 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
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April 7 (Reuters) - More than 100,000 people still need to be evacuated urgently from Mariupol, Mayor Vadym Boichenko said on Thursday, describing the situation in the Russian-besieged Ukrainian port city as a humanitarian catastrophe.
"The remaining more than 100,000 people are praying for rescue - a full-scale evacuation is needed," he said on national television.
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Reporting by Natalia Zinets
Writing by Alessandra Prentice
Editing by Mark Heinrich
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