Second attempt to evacuate civilians in Mariupol due to Russian attacks fails: 200,000 people are in danger

The Russian attacks interrupted for the second time the evacuation plans for the civilian population of the city of Mariupolin the southeast of Ukraine and blocked by the Russian Forces, Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko and a member of the Azov National Guard Regiment said today.

“The second attempt at a humanitarian corridor for civilians in Mariupol ended again with bombing by the Russians”Gerashchenko pointed out on his Telegram account, in which he posted a video of Kalnya, a member of the Azov Regiment of the National Guard, in which he tells “how the occupiers broke for the second time the agreement on the opening of a humanitarian corridor for some 200,000 civilians”.

“It is necessary to understand that, due to the massacre of civilians by the occupying forces, there can be no guarantee of security of the humanitarian corridors (…)”, wrote the adviser to the Ministry of the Interior.

“Yesterday’s situation was repeated today and the militants opened fire without establishing a ceasefire” humanitarian, he said.

The Mayor of Mariupol he only reported that buses had left Zaporizhia for Mariupol to pick up civilians who want to leave the strategic city on the shores of the inland sea of Azov.

Previously, the council announced a new evacuation attempt between 12 noon local time (10:00 GMT) and 9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT), after the opening of a humanitarian corridor agreed with the Russia due to continuous fighting in the area, non-compliance with the temporary ceasefire of which both parties mutually accused each other.

The evacuation of the city population, of 450,000 inhabitants, would have been carried out from three points by means of municipal buses and, following the planned route and in a column, in private transport.

The planned route included the towns of Mariupol-Portovskoye-Mangush-Republic-Rozovka-Bilmak-Pologi-Orejov-Zaporijia.

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