6,600 Ukrainians evacuated to safe zones: Deputy Prime minister

KYIV

Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said Saturday that 6,623 citizens were evacuated to safe zones from cities where the war with the Russian army is raging.

Iryna Vereshchuk said eight of 10 humanitarian corridors were operating in different regions in the last 24 hours.

She noted that humanitarian corridors in residential areas such as Mariupol, Bervytsya, Bucha, Bohdanivka, Lysychans'k, Severodonetsk, Rubizhne and Popasna were operating while Borodyanka and Kherson were blocked by the Russian army.

Vereshchuk said attempts to evacuate Ukrainians would continue.

Russia lost more than 100 soldiers in 24 hours

Ukraine's Defense Ministry announced that Russia lost 38 military vehicles and more than 100 soldiers in the last 24 hours.

It was also reported that the Russian army lost nearly 40 military vehicles, including tanks, armored vehicles and trucks

The ministry noted that 10 Russian army attacks were successfully repelled.