Russia announces temporary ceasefire in Ukraine on humanitarian grounds, sets up 5 points for evacuation

Ukrainian authorities have until midnight to confirm the location and timing of humanitarian corridors. Russian Defense Ministry.

MOSCOW (Urdupoint.com) - Russia has announced the opening of a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians from five locations in Ukraine, following which the Russian military will continue to operate until Wednesday morning. Declared a ceasefire to evacuate civilians. Russia's Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs clarified that the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire at 10 a.m. Moscow time, indicating that it was ready to establish a humanitarian corridor. Moscow confirmed that the proposal Will be presented to the authorities who will have to confirm the location of the humanitarian corridors and the time of their activation by midnight.

This morning, the first corridor for evacuation of civilians was set up, especially in Sommy in northeastern Ukraine, where two caravans departed during the day. Evacuations are also under way in the Kyiv metropolitan area, while civilians are stranded in other cities, such as Bocha in the north and Mariupol in the south. According to Moscow, after several failed attempts in recent days, the humanitarian corridor was opened today to evacuate citizens from 5 Ukrainian cities.

According to the report, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the opening of "corridors" to evacuate people from Kyiv and the other four Ukrainian cities of Cherhiyev, Somi, Kharkiv and Mariupol.

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