DUBLIN (Reuters) – Russia has proposed the institution of humanitarian corridors to permit civilians to depart five Ukrainian cities together with the capital Kyiv from 9 a.m. native time (0700 GMT) on Tuesday pending Ukrainian settlement, Russian information businesses reported.
But a lot of the corridors would journey by way of Russia or Belarus, one thing Ukrainian authorities have rejected prior to now.
Civilians leaving the cities of Kyiv, Chernigov and Kharkiv would journey to Russia, some by way of Belarus, Interfax information company reported, citing a press release by a Russian committee charged with humanitarian coordination in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has rejected earlier proposals to evacuate Ukrainian residents into what he has described as “occupied territory” in Russia and Belarus.
People leaving the town of Sumy and Mariupol would, nevertheless, be given a alternative of passage to Russia or to Ukrainian cities Poltava and Zaporizhia respectively, Interfax quoted the assertion as saying.
Ukraine has been given till 3 a.m. Moscow time (0000 GMT) to comply with the phrases, Interfax mentioned.
The Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya informed a U.N. Security Council assembly earlier that Russia had “undermined preparations” for humanitarian corridors on Tuesday by insisting all routes would undergo Russia or Belarus.
(Writing by Conor Humphries; enhancing by Richard Pullin)
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