BREAKING: Russia announced a ceasefire starting Monday morning and the opening of humanitarian corridors in several cities, a day after thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to shelter from Russian shelling.
LVIV, Ukraine -- Russia announced a ceasefire starting Monday morning and the opening of humanitarian corridors in several areas, a day after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to shelter from Russian shelling that pummeled cities in Ukraine's center, north and south.
The earlier breakdown of evacuations came as Ukraine officials said that Russian shelling intensified across the country. As Russian attacks worsened, a brief reprieve from fighting in Mariupol collapsed. Heavy artillery hit residential areas in other large cities, local officials reported. The death toll remains unclear. The U.N. says it has confirmed just a few hundred civilian deaths but also warned that the number is a vast undercount.
British military officials compared Russia's tactics to those Moscow used in Chechnya and Syria, where surrounded cities were pulverized by airstrikes and artillery. But much of the Russian advance has become stalled, including an immense military convoy that has been almost motionless for days north of Kyiv.
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