The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, April 2. Click here for updates from April 1. Thousands Evacuated from Mariupol Thousands of people were successfully evacuated by buses from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Friday, according to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who called the situation there a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Zelenskyy said in a video address early Saturday that a humanitarian corridor was operational in Zaporizhzhia, allowing for the evacuation of 3,071 residents from Mariupol. Tens of thousands of people have been trapped in the besieged city, with scant access to food and water. Read the full article here _____ Russian Missiles Strike Several Ukrainian Cities: Local Officials Russian missiles hit two cities in central Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings, the head of the Poltava region claimed. “Poltava. A missile struck one of the infrastructure facilities overnight,” Dmitry Lunin wrote in an online post. “Kremenchuk. Many …