The Ukrainian military agreed to a 12-hour ceasefire with Russia on Wednesday to allow civilians to flee through humanitarian corridors, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Vereshchuk added that Prime Minister Denys Shmygal would be talking to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Wednesday about proposed routes for the ceasefire, which runs from 9 am to 9 pm local time — 4 am to 4 pm EDT.
“I appeal to the Russian Federation: you have made a formal public commitment,” she said.
Vereshchuk said the ceasefire would allow civilians to flee through “green corridors” in the following areas:
- Energodar-Zaporizhia
- Sumy-Poltava
- Mariupol-Zaporizhia
- Volnovakha-Pokrovsk
- Izium-Lozova
- Vorzel, Bucha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Gostomel-Kyiv
Vereshchuk highlighted two routes in particular: the evacuation of civilians from the port city of Mariupol and the eastern city of Volnovakha, both of which have been surrounded by Russian forces for several days.
“The residents of Volnovakha turn to me and ask me to fulfill the promise made by the Russian Federation today. People have to be able to leave the places where they now hide from the GRAD blasts [foguetes] and the devastating fire that is killing them,” she said.
Vereshchuk said there would also be a special operation to evacuate an orphanage near Kiev, in the suburb of Vorzel. She said there were 55 children and 26 staff members at the site.
Photos — Civilian evacuation site near Kiev hit by attack
Source: CNN Brasil
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