Ukraine , Kyiv , Ukraine gate , 9 , March , 2022-Russia has announced a temporary ceasefire to allow civilians to escape from besieged cities – despite similar previous pledges not being fulfilled.
Mikhail Mezintsev, head of Russia’s National Defense Monitoring Center, said Russian forces will “observe a regime of silence” from 10 a.m. Moscow time (7 a.m. UK time), which will allow civilians to safely leave Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukraine will try to evacuate civilians through six “humanitarian corridors”, including from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol.
She said in a video statement that Ukrainian armed forces had agreed to stop firing in those areas from 9am until 9pm (0700-1900 GMT) and urged Russian forces to fulfil their commitment to local ceasefires.
She said the corridors that would open would go from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia; Enerhodar to Zaporizhzhia; Sumy to Poltava; Izyum to Lozova; Volnovakha to Pokrovsk; and from several towns around Kyiv which she identified as Vorzel, Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel to the capital.
Source : Ukrgate
