The evacuation of its civilians was “interrupted” again Mariupolrecently announced the International Committee of the Red Cross.
This is the second time that the residents of the city, which is surrounded by Russian forces, have not been able to use the passage opened by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
“In the midst of devastating scenes of human suffering in Mariupol, a second attempt today to begin the evacuation of some 200,000 people from the city has stalled,” the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said in a statement.
Local authorities said a convoy carrying civilians could not leave Mariupol today as Russian forces continued bombing despite a temporary ceasefire agreement.
“It is extremely dangerous to evict people under such conditions,” the city council said in a statement posted on the Internet.
Earlier, the Guardian reported that pro-Russian separatists and the Ukrainian National Guard had blamed each other for failing to set up the humanitarian corridor on Sunday, the second time the parties had tried to arrange it.
The Interfax news agency quoted an official from the Donetsk separatist administration as accusing Ukrainian forces of failing to comply with the limited ceasefire.
The separatist official said only about 300 people had left the city. Ukrainian authorities said earlier that they planned to evacuate more than 200,000 people from Mariupol.
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