Ukraine says agreed with Russia on 10 humanitarian corridors, including in Mariupol

Evacuees from Mariupol wait at the Zaporizhzhya State Circus for transportation to other locations in the city of Zaporizhzhia on March 16, 2022.
(Emre Caylak/AFP)
Evacuees from Mariupol wait at the Zaporizhzhya State Circus for transportation to other locations in the city of Zaporizhzhia on March 16, 2022. (Emre Caylak/AFP)

LVIV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk announces today that 10 humanitarian corridors have been agreed on with the Russians.

They include a corridor from the besieged port city of Mariupol, several in the Kyiv region and several in the Luhansk region.

She also announces plans to deliver humanitarian aid to the city of Kherson, which is currently under control of the Russian forces.

In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces are blockading the largest cities with the goal of creating such miserable conditions that Ukrainians will cooperate. He said the Russians are preventing supplies from reaching surrounded cities in central and southeastern Ukraine.

Satellite images yesterday from Maxar Technologies showed a long line of cars leaving Mariupol as people tried to evacuate. Zelensky said more than 9,000 people were able to leave the city in the past day.

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