On Wednesday, according to the President of the Republic Volodymyr Zelensky At least 35,000 civilians were brought to safety. In a video speech, also that night, Zelensky said that three humanitarian corridors enabled residents to explore the besieged cities. Sumi in the northeast of the country, Innerhodar In the southeast and around the capital Kyiv.
More escape corridors planned
According to a Ukrainian official, on Thursday it is scheduled to establish three escape corridors to evacuate people from the area Sumi Planned in the Northeast. These people are out of the city trusteesAnd the Krasnopil And the Sumi All in the direction of the Ukrainian city center Poltava, Dmytro Zhyvytskyi said via Telegram. The ceasefire on the roads in question is scheduled to start at 8:00 am CET.
According to Shewetsky, other places in the area have been offered for escape corridors, but this has not yet been confirmed. Escape corridors are ways that civilians can use to escape to safety.
Zelensky had announced on Wednesday evening that six escape lanes were planned for Thursday. It wasn’t clear at first whether the three in the Suomi region would join these six or if they were already included. So far, the record for human passages has been mixed. Above all, evacuate the coastal city of southern Ukraine Mariupol He wrestled for days. Several attempts since Sunday have failed, and the agreed-upon ceasefire has not held.
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