Just over 7,000 people evacuated from Ukrainian cities. Mariupol blocked - Zelenskiy

A woman carries a child after arriving on a train from Przemysl, Poland, at Berlin's central station, after fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, March 11, 2022. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

(Reuters) - A total of 7,144 people were evacuated from four Ukrainian cities on Friday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a televised address, a sharply lower number than managed to leave in each of the two previous days.

Zelenskiy accused Russia of refusing to allow people out of the besieged city of Mariupol and said Ukraine would try again to deliver food and medicines there on Saturday.