An agreement on evacuating civilians from two besieged Ukrainian cities collapsed, as Kyiv accused Moscow of violating the cease-fire
Kyiv accused Moscow of violating the agreed-to cease-fire and resuming its attacks on residential areasKYIV, Ukraine—The agreement between Russia and Ukraine on evacuating civilians from the besieged cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha collapsed on Saturday, as Kyiv accused Moscow of violating the agreed-to cease-fire and resuming its attacks on residential areas.
Some 200,000 civilians were expected to start leaving Mariupol and 15,000 from Volnovakha in eastern Ukraine at 9 a.m. local time, in a deal overseen by the International Committee of the Red Cross. But, at 11:45, Russia resumed shelling Volnovakha with heavy weapons, while also continuing military operations on the route leading out of Mariupol, said Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk.
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