Ukraine: 7 humanitarian corridors planned for today – “good news” expected for Mariupol

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Seven humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from the besieged areas of Ukraine are planned for today, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Verestsuk, while an adviser to the President Volodymyr Zelensky He said Ukraine was expecting good news over the weekend regarding the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol.

The planned corridors include one for people leaving by private transport from Mariupol and by buses for Mariupol residents leaving Berdyansk, Verestsuk said.

Zelensky’s adviser Oleksy Arestovich said in a statement that “our delegation reached an agreement in Istanbul (during the Ukrainian-Russian peace talks) on the evacuation of civilians”.

“I believe that today or maybe tomorrow we will hear good news about the evacuation of the residents of Mariupol,” he added.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Friday sent a team to lead a convoy of 54 Ukrainian buses and other private vehicles departing from the city, but was forced to retaliate, saying conditions made the operation impossible. The DEES team is going to try again today.

Ukrainians encircle Kyiv, says London – Russian blows in central Ukraine

Russian missiles hit two cities in the early hours of today in the central Ukrainecausing damage to infrastructure and residential buildings, said the head of the Poltava region.

“Poltava. A missile “One of the infrastructure facilities was hit overnight,” Dmitry Lunin wrote in an Internet post. “Kremencuk. “Many attacks in the morning against the city.”

The city of Poltava is the capital of the Poltava region, east of Kiev, and Kremenchuk is one of the largest cities in the region.

They do not exist so far information on victimssaid Lunin.

At the same time, Ukrainian forces continue to advance in the areas around Kyiv from where Russian forces are withdrawing, the British military intelligence service announced today.

The Russian forces They also reportedly left the Hostomel airport near the capital, where fighting has been going on since the first day of the conflict, the British Ministry of Defense said in a regular press release.

“In eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian forces are controlling a major road in eastern Kharkiv after heavy fighting,” the ministry added.

Reuters was not able to confirm the information immediately.

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