Some residents of besieged Mariupol are trying to flee the city on foot as official efforts to evacuate the city have mostly failed due to ongoing Russian bombardment, the region's governor claimed.
About 400,000 people have been trapped in this port city for two weeks without electricity, heat and water. Russia denies bombing populated areas or targeting civilians.
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Speaking on public television, Donetsk governor Pavlo Kirilenko said that about 35.000 people have managed to leave the city in recent days. Many left on foot or in private cars.
"The exodus from blockaded Mariupol begins with residents leaving either on foot or in their own transport," Kirilenko said, adding that some cars do not have enough fuel to reach nearby villages.
The governor said the almost incessant shelling is preventing authorities from opening humanitarian corridors to supply residents with food and evacuate women, children and those in need. Russia and Ukraine blame each other for failing to open humanitarian corridors.
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