Russia holds more than 400,000 hostages in Mariupol: Kuleba calls on world to act
Dmytro Kuleba<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine , Ukrainegate , 9 , March , 2022 | Ukraine News<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called on the world to act against the background of crimes committed by the Russian occupiers against the population of Mariupol .<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“Russia continues to hold more than 400,000 people hostage in Mariupol, blocking humanitarian aid and evacuation. The shelling continues. Almost 3,000 newborns will soon have no medicine or food. The world must act immediately! Russia’s barbarians must end the war against civilians and children, “Kuleba wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Today, March 9, from 9:00 to 21:00, a silence regime was expected to be established for humanitarian evacuation corridors along the following routes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Energodar – Zaporozhye
Sumy – Poltava
Raisins – Lozova
Mariupol – Zaporozhye
Volnovakha – Pokrovsk
Vorzel, Borodyanka, Bucha, Irpin, Gostomel – Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, as of 11:30 a.m., according to the head of the Regional State Administration, Mariupol remains under siege. The shelling continues in other communities in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n