Russia announced this Saturday a temporary ceasefire from 10.00 Moscow time for the opening of humanitarian corridors that allow the evacuation of the civilian population in the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakhain eastern Ukraine.
“Today, March 5, a ceasefire is announced starting at 10:00 Moscow time (09:00 Kiev time) and the opening of humanitarian corridors for the departure of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha,” the Defense Ministry said. , according to Russian agencies. According to the official TASS agency, humanitarian corridors and evacuation routes have been agreed with Ukrainewhich has not yet confirmed the Russian information.
“There have been no official reports about this in Ukraine yet,” Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said on his Telegram account. However, the Mariupol City Council has written on its Telegram account minutes after the Russian announcement that “The timing of the opening of the humanitarian corridor and the beginning of the regime of silence for the city is currently underway.”
“This will allow the restoration of the city’s critical infrastructure (electricity, water and mobile communications) to begin. It will also be possible to provide Mariupol with essential products and medicines“, Mayor Vadim Boychenko has indicated.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to open humanitarian corridors in the second round of negotiations that their respective delegations held on Thursday in Belarusian territory and declare a temporary ceasefire in those places to allow it.
Boychenko announced at dawn that this Saturday the possibility of opening a humanitarian corridor for Mariupol, on the shores of the Sea of Azov and blocked by Russian forces. On Friday for the fifth day the city of the Donetsk region, with almost 450,000 inhabitants, was besieged by Russian forces. Volnovakha is located about 65 kilometers north of Mariupol.
“While we solve humanitarian problems and seek all possible ways to get Mariupol out of the blockade, our respected Armed Forces of Ukraine, National Guard, Azov Regiment, Marines, Border Guards, Sea Guards, Police and rescuers stand as a reliable shield on the outskirts of the city,” the mayor wrote in the last part of the night. “Our defenders … do not let the invaders enter Mariupol,” located in the southeast of the country, he added.
The mayor said early Thursday that the city was on the verge of a “humanitarian catastrophe” as Mariupol was left without electricity, water and heating due to constant bombing by the Russian military.
Source: Lasexta
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