Russia announces the start of “local ceasefires” on Tuesday morning

On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian army of having repeatedly failed to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors.

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A respite for Ukrainian citizens. Russia announced, on Monday evening March 7, the establishment of local ceasefires in several Ukrainian cities from 8 a.m. Tuesday to allow the evacuation of civilians via humanitarian corridors. “The Russian Federation announces a ceasefire from 10 a.m. Moscow time [8 heures, heure française] March 8″ for the evacuation of civilians from Kiev, as well as the cities of Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol, the Russian Ministry of Defense cell in charge of humanitarian operations in Ukraine. New evacuation routes had to be communicated to the Ukrainian authorities, so that they could give their agreement before midnight GMT [1 heure du matin en France] overnight from Monday to Tuesday. No new information has filtered for the moment.

On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian army of having repeatedly failed to evacuate civilians via humanitarian corridors. And according to the Ukrainian general staff, Russia continues to deploy soldiers and equipment on the fronts of Kiev, Mariupol in the south and Kharkiv in the northeast, the main combat zones in Ukraine. The Russian offensive and bombardments have, in particular, According to Ukrainian relief, thirteen died in a strike on an industrial bakery in Makariv, a town located on one of the main roads leading from western Ukraine to Kiev.


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