Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk announced that ten humanitarian corridors will open this Saturday (9). Routes to Zaporizhzhia will be available from Mariupol, Berdyansk, Tokmak, Enerhodar and Melitopol – both for private vehicles and buses.
In the Luhansk region, there will be five corridors for Bakhmut, coming from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Rubizhne and the village of Hirske.
“All routes of humanitarian corridors in the Luhansk region will work in the event of a ceasefire by the Russian occupation forces,” said the deputy prime minister.
Evacuation routes are being adjusted after Kramatorsk attack
The military governor of eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region said civilian evacuation corridors were “being adjusted” after a Russian missile attack on the Kramatorsk train station on Friday.
Speaking on national television, Serhii Haidai said: “Unfortunately, after yesterday’s Kramatorsk disaster, our evacuation routes are being adjusted, but we are ready, we will continue to evacuate people.”
Haidai warned that shelling continued across the region.
“All the settlements are being bombed,” he said. “The most difficult areas are the communities of Rubizhne, Popasna and Hirske. Hirske’s community is constantly bombed from morning to night. The enemy did not stop, they are targeted with all kinds of weapons and also by aircraft. Combat continues in Popasna and Rubizhne.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attack was “another Russian war crime, for which everyone involved will be held accountable”.
Kramatorsk is an important rail evacuation point for civilians looking to flee intense fighting in eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have also warned that Russia is preparing a major offensive in the eastern Donbass region.
Christiane Amanpour, Jo Shelley, Julia Presniakova, Sophie Jeong and Matilda Kuklish, from CNNcontributed to the report
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