The Ukrainian city of Irpin lived this Friday one of the hardest days of the conflict. This is how they picked it up cameras of the Turkish private broadcaster Haber Global. As the pictures show, the warplanes they flew over the city while columns of smoke came out of the area. At the same time, it is they heard explosions like the one in the video, in which se crew driver is seen abandoning the vehicle as they attempt to seek shelter.
According to Reuters, They managed to escape without fatalities.. We recall that in recent days Russian forces have advanced from three directions, surrounding Ukrainian cities, hitting them with artillery and air strikes. However, this Saturday Russia has declared a partial ceasefire to allow the exit of humanitarian corridors from the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha. This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense:
“Today, March 5, a ceasefire is announced from 10:00 Moscow time (09:00 Kiev time) and the opening of humanitarian corridors for the departure of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha.”
Thus, it has been confirmed that the evacuation will last five hours from 11:00 local time, 10 in Spain, until 4:00 p.m. The evacuation is being carried out in municipal buses from three points in the city and in private vehicles, which must strictly adhere to a pre-established route. the city authorities, with about 450,000 inhabitantsThey asked drivers to take as many people as possible in their cars. “Dear residents of Mariúpol, as of today the evacuation of the city begins. It is not an easy decision, but as I have always said, Mariúpol is neither its streets nor its buildings. Mariúpol is its inhabitants, us”, said the mayor of this locality, Vadim Boychenko, in a message to the citizens.
Despite the need to flee the area, the evacuation has had to be stopped since in areas that would have to cross the humanitarian corridor, bombings were still taking place. In fact, municipal authorities have asked citizens to return to the shelters pending more information. The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that the Russian troops surrounding Mariupol will allow for five hours civilians to leave the cities in two humanitarian corridors.
Source: Lasexta
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