No agreement was reached today to create one humanitarian corridor which would allow the evacuation of civilians, who have been fortified along with Ukrainian fighters, at the Azofstal steel plant in Mariupolin southeastern Ukraine, assured Kyiv.
“I declare publicly and unequivocally that, unfortunately, there is no agreement on a humanitarian corridor from Azovstal today,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Verestsuk wrote in the Telegram shortly after Russia announced that it would suspend hostilities to allow evacuation of civilians.
“It is important to understand that a humanitarian corridor opens with the agreement of both sides. “A corridor that is announced unilaterally does not provide security and therefore is not a humanitarian corridor,” Verestsuk noted in her post.
Earlier, as reported by the Interfax news agency the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire and the opening of a humanitarian corridor in order to get away the civilians who are trapped at the Azovstal factory in Mariupol.
The information stated that the ceasefire will be observed from 11 a.m. GMT and any civilian in the factory can leave in any direction.
According to information, there are between 300 and 1,000 civilians in the steelworks.
Sources cited by Skynews state that some of those who have taken refuge in underground warehouses at the factory have been there since late February and have not seen daylight for weeks.
Last week, Russia announced that Ukrainian troops could leave if they surrendered their weapons, but no fighters surrendered. Putin had ordered Russian troops to block the factory so that not a single “fly” could pass.
Earlier, however, five railway stations in western and central Ukraine today targeted by Russianswhich caused unknown number of victims, Ukrainian television broadcast, citing the head of the Ukrainian railways.
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