On Friday, an evacuation from the Port City shopping center in Mariupol is planned, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereschuk said.

"Tomorrow, May 6, there will be evacuation from Mariupol. We are gathering near the Port City shopping center at 12:00," the minister wrote on Thursday evening.

Advisor to the mayor of Mariupol Petro Andriuschenko said that the evacuation is planned to Zaporizhia.

"Mariupol. Evacuation. Tomorrow at 12:00 near the Port City shopping center, buses to Zaporizhia should board. Warn relatives and friends. We hope that the security situation will allow the evacuation to be carried out according to plan," he wrote on Telegram.