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Repeated attempts to arrange safe passage out of the southern
port city, which is surrounded by Russian forces, have failed.
Mariupol, which is normally home to about 400,000 people, has
been under heavy bombardment for weeks. Civilians trapped there
have been sheltering in basements with little food, power or
running water.
Those who manage to leave Mariupol will find buses awaiting in
the nearby city of Berdiansk which will take them to the city of
Zaporizhzhia, Vereshchuk said.
"We will do everything in our power so that buses filled with
Mariupol residents reach Zaporizhzhia today," she said.
(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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