Russia announced the beginning of a “local ceasefire” on Tuesday morning

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

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Published on 03/08/2022 06:31 Updated on 03/08/2022 06:53

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Respite for the citizens of Ukraine. On Monday evening, March 7, Russia announced the establishment of a local ceasefire in several Ukrainian cities from 8:00 Tuesday to allow the evacuation of civilians along humanitarian corridors. “The Russian Federation announces a ceasefire from 10 am Moscow time. [8 heures, heure française] March 8″ to evacuate civilians from Kyiv, as well as the cities of Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol, said the cell of the Russian Defense Ministry in charge of the humanitarian operation in Ukraine.

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The new evacuation routes had to be communicated to the Ukrainian authorities so that they could give their consent before midnight GMT. [1 heure du matin en France] night from Monday to Tuesday. At the moment, new information is not filtered.

On Monday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused the Russian army of repeatedly failing to evacuate civilians along humanitarian corridors. And according to the Ukrainian General Staff, Russia continues to deploy soldiers and equipment on the fronts of Kyiv, Mariupol in the south and Kharkov in the northeast, the main war zones in Ukraine. The offensive, and Russian bombing in particular, resulted, according to Ukrainian aid, in the deaths of thirteen people in an attack on an industrial bakery in Makarov, an area located on one of the main routes leading from western Ukraine to Kyiv.

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