Moscow: Russia has decided to temporarily halt the ongoing invasion of the Humanitarian Corridor in Ukraine to safely evacuate civilians. The Russian Defense Ministry has given this information on Sunday. It has been informed that during the second round of talks, an agreement was reached between the two countries regarding the ceasefire. Currently, Russia and Ukraine are considering holding talks for the third time this weekend.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry told reporters, “Today, on March 5 at 10 am Moscow time, the Russian side has announced the ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha.” And the exit routes have been agreed upon after talks with the Ukrainian side.
The special thing is that the ministry had informed about the humanitarian crisis in most parts of Ukraine. Among these, Kyiv, Kharkov, Sumy, Chernigov, and Mariupol were the most affected. Ukraine’s presidential aide Mikhail Podolyak said about 200,000 people were trying to get out of Mariupol. Whereas, ’20 thousand people want to leave more Volnovakha.’
Russia and Ukraine express hope for the third round of talks soon
According to the language, negotiators from Ukraine and Russia said on Thursday that the third round of talks on the war would be held soon. Vladimir Medinsky, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin, who led the Russian delegation to talks in Belarus near the Polish border on Thursday, said the two sides’ “positions are very clear, each written down to issues relating to a political solution to the conflict”. He said, “There is a mutual agreement on their part.” He confirmed that Russia and Ukraine have reached a tentative agreement to build safe corridors for the evacuation of civilians.
