After nearly two months under siege, the southern city of Mariupol could fall into Russian hands within 'hours', a Ukrainian official said, as the ...
Months of devastating fighting has seen untold numbers of civilians trappedAfter nearly two months under siege, the southern city of Mariupol could fall into Russian hands within"hours", a Ukrainian official said, as the two sides agreed on Wednesday to a humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to flee the devastated port city.
Control of Mariupol and the separatist-controlled Donbas region in the east would allow Moscow to create a southern corridor to the Crimean peninsula that it annexed in 2014, depriving Ukraine of much of its coastline.In the latest ultimatum issued in its battle to capture Mariupol, Moscow made another call for the city's defenders to surrender on Wednesday by 2:00 pm Moscow time and announced the opening of a humanitarian corridor for any Ukrainian troops who agreed to lay down their arms.
Offering some respite, Kyiv said early Wednesday it had agreed with Russian forces to open a safe route for civilians to flee the devastated city. The governor of the eastern Lugansk region, Sergiy Gaiday, said Ukrainian forces were holding their ground in the face of heavy fighting. At a morgue in Bucha, families carefully searched body bags and examined cadavers looking for missing loved ones.
"The majority died violent deaths" and were shot, Lobas said, declining to provide a concrete figure at this stage.
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