Kyiv, March 30.- Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshuk announced today that her country has handed the Russian counterpart a proposal to open humanitarian corridors in the 97 most hostilized locations in the country.
In a briefing, the senior official said the intention was to enable humanitarian corridors in towns and settlements in Kharkov, Chernihiv, Sumy, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Lugansk and Nikolaev regions.
This Wednesday, the General Staff of the Territorial Defense of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) reported that over the past 24 hours, more than 630 people have been evacuated from Mariupol to the city of Bezimennoe in that region, including more than 130 children.
A total of 9,050 people have been evacuated via this route since early March, the company added on its Telegram channel.
In the city, one of the most important in this area, heavy fighting is being fought against Ukrainian forces and troops from the ultra-nationalist Azov Battalion, said deputy commander of the DPR Vostok Battalion Alexandr Semionov.
Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on February 24 after authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics requested help to repel mounting aggression from Kyiv.
Previously, Moscow had recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military assistance.
In his speech informing about the start of the operation, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the goal is to protect the people of Donbass from the mistreatment and genocide of the Ukrainian authorities over the past eight years, in addition to “demilitarization” and “denazify” the country.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attacks are not aimed at the Ukrainian population or cities, but at their military infrastructure. (Text and photo: PL)
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