Filenews 5 March 2022
Russian forces will proceed to a ceasefire at 10:00 Moscow time to allow the creation of humanitarian corridors in the Ukrainian cities of Mariupol and Volnovaca, the Russian Defense Ministry announced, according to Interfax.
The ceasefire to create humanitarian routes to enable civilians to leave the war zones was the Russia-Ukraine agreement in the second round of negotiations
The city of Mariupol is being pounded by the Russian army with the mayor having already called for safe routes to be opened for civilians to escape, he said, the city is under Russian siege and is under "merciless attacks".
The city has no water, no heating or electricity and the food is running out, the mayor warned, while the forces fighting the Russians say they need reinforcements to avoid losing control of it.
"Right now we are looking for solutions to humanitarian problems and all possible means to get Mariupol out of the blockade," Mayor Vadim Boichenko said via Telegram.
"Our priority is to implement a ceasefire so that we can restore vital infrastructure and organise a humanitarian corridor so that food and medicine can come to the city," he continued.
The occupation of the city of about 450,000 inhabitants, on the Ukrainian coast in the Sea of Azov, would be an important turning point for the advance of Russian forces in Ukraine.
It would allow the forces from crimea annexed to Russia, which have already conquered the key ports of Berdyansk and Kherson, to be linked to the troops of the separatists and the Russian army in Donbass.
