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Thursday, March 31, 2022
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Ukraine sends evacuation buses to besieged city of Mariupol
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A screen capture from a video said to show the destruction in Mariupol caused by the Russian siege and bombardment of the southern Ukrainian city, March 2022. (Twitter)
Ukraine says it is sending dozens of buses to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol after a Russian ceasefire announcement.
Tens of thousands of civilians are trapped in besieged Mariupol with little food, water or medicine, and previous attempts to agree on a humanitarian corridor have failed, despite international pressure.
Today, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk says buses are heading to the city, where Russia said it would observe a ceasefire from 10 a.m.
“We were informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross that Russia is ready to open access” to a humanitarian corridor from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia via the Russian-controlled port of Berdiansk, she says.
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