Russian State Media Claim Moscow Announces Temporary Ceasefire to Let Civilians Leave Two Ukraine Cities
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine to allow civilians to leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tweeted that"humanitarian corridors" were being prepared in the two cities.
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a temporary ceasefire in Ukraine to allow civilians to leave the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha.A Ukrainian official tweeted that"humanitarian corridors" were being prepared. "In Mariupol and Volnovakha, evacuation humanitarian corridors are being prepared for opening, and columns of those to be evacuated are being formed. The parties temporarily ceased fire in the area of corridors," Mykhailo Podoliak, adviser to the head of the office of Ukraine Preisdent Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tweeted.
Mariupol and Volnovakha have born the brunt of some of the most intense fighting in Ukraine over recent days. Their location — in Ukraine's extreme southeast corner, near the Russian border and Crimea — makes them strategic targets for the Moscow. If they fell to Russia, its troops could join forces with those in Crimea, a peninsula Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014.
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