The Government of Ukraine has announced this Saturday that they will be active seven humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from cities where fighting is taking place in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Lugansk.
According to the Ukrainian deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereschuckone of the corridors has as end allow the evacuation of civilians in private cars of the besieged Mariupol to the city of Zaporizhiawhich is under Ukrainian control.
The Red Cross managed to get 3,000 people out of the port town this Friday and today it will attempt a new mass evacuation, since 160,000 residents are still trapped in Mariúpol, who have not had basic supplies or medical care for weeks.
Another of the corridors that will be tried today is the one that goes from Berdyanskoccupied by Russian troops, until Zaporizhia. The evacuation will be done with buses and private cars.
The other locations from which it is intended to evacuate civilians are Rubizhne, Nishnye, Severodonetsk, Popasna and Lysychanskin all cases destined for Bakhmutlocated in the region of Donetsk, one of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics.
Withdrawal from Kyiv
What’s moreukrainian forces continue to advance on the withdrawal of the russian troops in the vicinity of Kyiv and the hostal airportaccording to the last piece of information provided this Saturday by the british ministry of defense.
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Along the northwest axis, attempts by Ukrainian forces to advance from Irpin towards Bucha and Hostomel continue, indicates the part of British intelligence, which confirms that Russian forces have withdrawn from Hostomel airport, which has been the object of fighting since the first day of the conflict.
Ukraine has retaken several towns along the eastern axis, Defense specifies, while it has secured a key route in the east of Kharkiv after intense fighting.
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