Russia's International Fax Agency reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire and opened humanitarian corridors in the Ukrainian cities of Malipo and Volnovaha. Here's a picture of refugees from Ukraine arriving at a train station in Przemyńr, eastern Poland, on March 4, 2022. More than 1.2 million people have fled Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, according to the United Nations.
According to the Russian International Fax Agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire since 10 a.m. Moscow time on the 5th to facilitate the establishment of a humanitarian corridor. Earlier, the ceasefire released by the Russian Satellite News Agency Express began at 6 a.m. GMT on the 5th, but later russian media and foreign power will correct the time.
Reuters quoted Russian media as saying that the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the opening of the second round of Russian-Ukrainian humanitarian corridor agreements between Russia and Ukraine in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol and Volnovakha for civilian evacuation and humanitarian passage.
Russian media quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying, "From 10 a.m. Moscow time (7 a.m. GMT), the Russian side announced a ceasefire and opened a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians in Malibo and Volnovaha. ”
The New York Times pointed out that the Russian army invaded Ukraine on February 24, and the practice since the beginning of the war for 9 days was still to maintain a multi-line attack, encircle the big city and seize key ports, and did not concentrate on a single front or the capital Kiev.
The Russians had encircled another important port in the southeast of Ukraine, Mariupol, which was the hub of the Donbas region and the Crimean Peninsula, and once it fell into Russian hands, the main Ukrainian army east of the Dnieper River would be encircled, and Russia would be able to control the entire Sea of Azov and the main industrial infrastructure of Wudong. Mayor Vadym Boichenko announced earlier that Russian shelling had cut off water, electricity and heating.
After Russia invaded Ukraine last week, the fighting continued to burn. Ukraine held the second round of negotiations with the Moscow authorities on the 3rd, and the two sides agreed to open a humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine's presidential office, said at the time that the second round of negotiations would only be decided on the arrangement of humanitarian corridors.
The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said Russia agreed to support the idea of opening up humanitarian corridors for civilians and the possible implementation of a ceasefire around the corridors, describing it as a "significant development".
Russia and Ukraine held the first round of negotiations on February 28, but there was no conclusion. The second round of negotiations resulted in the decision to establish a humanitarian corridor. Podoliyak said yesterday that Ukraine plans to hold a third round of peace talks with Russian officials this weekend.