Ukraine says evacuation of civilians from Mariupol ‘didn’t work’

The corridor to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of Mariupol “It didn’t work,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said on Wednesday, accusing Russian troops of violating the ceasefire and blockading vehicles.

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“Unfortunately, the humanitarian corridor of Mariupol It did not work today as we had planned,” said Vereshchuk, who in the morning had announced a “preliminary” agreement with Russia to establish a humanitarian corridor for the first time since last Saturday in that port city in southeastern China. Ukraine.

“Due to the lack of control over their own army on the ground, the occupiers were unable to secure a proper ceasefire,” Vereshchuk said.

“Furthermore, due to disorganization and negligence, they were unable to provide rapid transportation of people to the point that dozens of our buses and ambulances were waiting,” he added.

Since Saturday, no evacuation corridors had been set up in Ukraine due to the lack of agreement with the Russians, who have intensified their attacks in the east in recent days.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that USA was providing assessments to the Ukrainian authorities on the possibility of establishing humanitarian corridors, but that it was a “difficult decision” to make.

“There have been agreements on humanitarian corridors established before that failed because security was breached by Russian forces,” he said.

Source: Elcomercio

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