13,000 Ukrainians evacuated on Saturday, Ukrainian official says
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk posted an update Saturday on the country's evacuation progress.
About 13,000 Ukrainians were evacuated Saturday, which was half the number from Friday, she said.
Nine out of 14 humanitarian corridors were open Saturday, according to Vereshchuk.
About 8,000 refugees left Sumy, more than 3,000 left Konotop, 800 people were taken out of Gostomel and about a thousand people evacuated Nemeshaevo, Vereshchuk said.
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About a thousand people were rescued from Bucha, including patients at a nursing home, she said.
However, Russia didn't let a convoy through the checkpoint in Vasilyevka and as a result no one could evacuate from the Zaporіzhya region, Vereshchuk said.
A Ukrainian convoy also did not reach Mariupol, because it got stuck at a Russian checkpoint, according to Vereshchuk. The convoy will try to take people out from the locations Sunday, she said.
-ABC News' Jason Volack