More than 3,000 people have escaped the region of the besieged city of Mariupol in a convoy of buses and private cars, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early Saturday. Dozens of buses carrying Mariupol residents arrived Friday in Zaporizhzhia, about 200 kilometres to the northwest. Read our live blog to follow the day's events. All times are Paris time [GMT+2].  


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