Ukraine today opens seven “humanitarian corridors” for civilians seeking to flee cities besieged by Russian forces, including Mariupol, a port in southern Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestsuk has said.
Civilians began to leave the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine via a “humanitarian corridor” for a third day today, following an agreement on a local ceasefire, said regional governor Dmitry Zivitsky.
Several thousand people fled the besieged city this week under agreements with Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24. People are also leaving nearby settlements in Krasnopilia and Trostyanets, Zivitsky added.
“The convoys (of those who are leaving) are leaving. There was an agreement for a ceasefire!”, He noted.
At the same time, the regional governor of Kiev Oleksiy Kuleba said today on a local television network that more than 10,000 people were evacuated yesterday, Wednesday, from villages and towns around the capital of Ukraine.
Three people, including a little girl, were killed in the bombing of a children’s hospital in Mariupol
Three people, including a child, were killed by the Russian bombing of a pediatric hospital in Mariupol yesterday, Wednesday, the local authorities of this city in Ukraine announced today.
“Three people were killed, including a little girl,” authorities said in a Telegram account.
An earlier report said 17 people had been injured.
The country will no longer participate in the Council of Europe, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced
Russia will no longer participate in the Council of Europe, the Russian news agency TASS reported, citing today the announcement of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The ministry added in a statement that NATO and EU countries were undermining the European body defending human rights, the rule of law and democracy.
Italy’s public company ENI stops buying oil from Russia
Italy’s public energy company, ENI, announced today that it has decided to stop buying oil from Russia.
Gas imports so far continue normally. The government of Mario Draghi, however, has said that by the end of June it will have reduced Russian gas imports by 50%.
According to the Italian press, this is a decision that extends to a field that has not yet been affected by the European Union sanctions against Moscow.
The Italian company explained in a press release that it “suspends the signing of new contracts for the purchase of oil from Russia” and monitors developments in the gas sector.
Last week, ENI announced that it was withdrawing from Blue Stream, the pipeline that carries gas from Russia to Turkey. ENI was a shareholder in the pipeline consortium, together with Gazprom.
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