A tried Ukrainian evacuation of civilians from the shattered town of Mariupol, in which many stayed trapped, became “thwarted” through Russian forces on Saturday, a town reputable stated.

“The evacuation changed into thwarted,” Mariupol metropolis official Petro Andryushchenko said on Telegram, including that round 2 hundred citizens had accrued on the evacuation meeting factor announced by way of Kyiv, but Russian forces “dispersed” them.

He claimed others had been advised to board buses headed to Dukuchayevsk, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) north, which is controlled through Russia.

“The people did not have the right to leave the bus,” he said. Russian forces blamed “firing by (Ukrainian) nationalists at the evacuation point” for changing the destination, he added.

“Once again the Russians have disrupted an evacuation,” he said.

Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk had earlier introduced that Ukraine might make a new trial on Saturday to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and warned that Russian forces may want to try to arrange a parallel evacuation course to Russia.