Russia has declared a ceasefire in Ukraine as of 06:00 GMT in order to open humanitarian corridors for civilians. The move was announced amid the ongoing Russian military operation in Ukraine meant to demilitarise and "de-Nazify" the country.
"Today, on 5 March at 10 a.m. Moscow time, the Russian side declares a ceasefire and opens humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha", the Russian Defence Ministry told reporters on Saturday.
The ministry added that the humanitarian corridors and exit routes have been agreed upon with the Ukrainian side.
This comes after the ministry reported the catastrophic humanitarian situation in most of Ukraine, with the cities of Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy, Chernigov, and Mariupol being the hardest hit by the humanitarian crisis.
Ukrainian presidential aide Mikhail Podolyak, for his part, said that about 200,000 people are trying to evacuate from Mariupol, while "20,000 people also want to leave [the city of] Volnovakha [in the Donetsk region]".
At present, Volnovakha and Mariupol, one of Ukraine's largest ports, are being blockaded by forces from the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR).
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Ukrainian militants from the "Azov" battalion set off an earlier planted explosive device causing the building at 15/20 Meotida Boulevard in Mariupol to collapse. The latter has resulted in up to 200 people, including children who were hiding in the basement, being buried under the rubble, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin said.
ReplyDeleteThe forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic continue tightening their encirclement of Mariupol while militants of the Ukrainian Azov and Aidar nationalist battalions are delivering fire on the people’s militia units from the city’s schools, hospitals and kindergartens, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
Delete"The servicemen of the Donetsk People’s Republic continue tightening their encirclement of Mariupol. Militants of the Azov and Aidar nationalist battalions are delivering fire on the people’s militia units that have entered the city from positions equipped in schools, hospitals, maternity homes and kindergartens," the spokesman said.
Fighters of the Ukrainian Nazi battalions Azov and Aidar have opened fire from schools, hospitals, maternity hospitals and kindergartens at the troops of the Donetsk People's Republic after they had entered the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.
DeleteNot a single person has left Mariupol through a declared humanitarian corridor so far, Denis Pushilin, the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said on Saturday.
DeleteEl líder de la República Popular de Donetsk (RPD), Denís Pushílin, informó este sábado que 200 personas ahora se encuentran bajo los escombros, después de que nacionalistas ucranianos del regimiento Azov hicieron explotar una casa residencial en la ciudad de Mariúpol.
DeletePushílin precisó que la mayoría de los civiles afectados son mujeres y niños. También, detalló que las autoridades recurren a drones para obtener información sobre el edificio explotado.
Momentos antes, el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia anunció un alto el fuego temporal y la apertura de corredores humanitarios en Ucrania para permitir la salida de la población civil de Mariúpol, así como de la ciudad de Volnovaja (ambas ubicadas en la región de Donbass). El establecimiento de estas vías humanitarias fue acordado con las autoridades ucranianas.