A local resident walks past a residential building damaged by a shelling, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the town of Okhtyrka, in the Sumy region, Ukraine March 24, 2022. Iryna Rybakova/Press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces/Handout via Reuters
Lviv, Ukraine: Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said agreement has been reached on the establishment of 10 humanitarian corridors on Saturday to evacuate civilians from front line hotspots in Ukrainian towns and cities
Speaking on national television, she said civilians trying to leave the besieged southern port of Mariupol would have to leave in private cars as Russian forces were not letting buses through their checkpoints around the southern port city.
Reuters could not independently verify this information.
Ukraine and Russia have traded blame when humanitarian corridors have failed to work in recent weeks.
