Almost 13,000 people evacuated from the war zone in Ukraine on Saturday / Article

A total of 14 corridors were opened on Saturday, but only 9 were opened. Ukrainian media reported that Russian forces continued to fire on the corridors in several places.

8,000 people were evacuated from Sumy. A total of 3,000 more from other settlements.

The Zaporizhia region and Energodar were unable to evacuate civilians on Saturday because, despite an agreement, the Russian army stopped the convoy at its checkpoint and did not continue.

In the Kiev region has not been able to evacuate people from Irpina, Kozarovich, Borodyanka. But almost 1,000 people managed to get out of the bush. 600 people were evacuated from Hostomella. The evacuation also took place from other places.

The Deputy Prime Minister also called on the release of Alexei Danchenko, a member of the State Emergency Service, who had escorted evacuation buses from Hostomel. According to her, Russian forces have been holding him for 2 days.

Vereshchuk said that on Sunday, March 13, the Ukrainian authorities will also try to open corridors in the Kiev and Luhansk regions and remove people from Mariupol and Zaporizhia.

On Friday, the Ukrainian authorities succeeded evacuate 7,000 people.

CONTEXT:

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been going on since February 24. The talks have so far failed, and the French presidential administration announced on March 12 that Russian President Vladimir Putin now appears to be does not show any desire to end the war in Ukraine. More than 500 civilians have already died in the conflict, including 40 children.

Russia’s action has paid off sharp condemnation from a democratic world. Western countries have determined several sanctions though against Russiathough against Belarussupporting the Kremlin’s decision to attack Ukraine. Meanwhile, more and more foreign companies are boycotting Russia and suspending their operations in that country.

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