The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv at 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (7:00 GMT) on Monday, the Interfax news The agency cited the Russian Defense Ministry.
The corridors, which also be open cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy are set up on personal request of French President Emmanuel Macron and in view of the current situation in these cities, he says.
Those who to leave Kyiv will be flown to Russia, the ministry said, adding that it use drones to monitor the evacuation and “the attempts of the Ukrainians side deceive Russia and all civilizations world … are useless this time”.
On Sunday the second attempt to evacuate civilians from the south city of Mariupol failed due to continued Russian attacks, Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said. The port city was besieged for one week.
“There can be no ‘green corridors’ car only sick brain of the Russians decide when start shoot and at whom”, he said on Telegram.
Earlier on Sunday, the city advice in The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is currently surrounded by Russian troops, said he begin efforts to evacuate its civilians population after Saturday’s attempts were crushed by a ceasefirefire offences.
Some of the 400,000 inhabitants trapped by Russian forces were set for start evacuation at 12 p.m. local time (10 a.m. GMT) on Sunday under temporary shutdown-fire it was for last until 9 p.m. Approximately 440,000 people resided in The port city on the sea of Azov in front of the Russian invasion. Many residents are still without electricity, water and heat after days of Russian bombardment.
A similar plan was to be abandoned on Saturday after the stop-fire has not been fully observed, with on both sides trading blame. It was not clear how many civilians were able escape during the brief window when the fighting stopped. Buses had been fitted out to transport people out of the besieged city.
