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Civilians should be allowed to leave Mariupol
STORY: Demonstrating for peace – like here in Frankfurt, people took to the streets in many places in Europe on Friday for an end to the Russian attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian President Wolydmyr Selsenskyj was also connected in the Main metropolis. “I call on you in Europe not to be silent, but to support Ukraine in its struggle. Because if Ukraine does not stand up, then neither will Europe. If we fall, you will fall too.” The Russian army has recently continued its attacks on targets in Ukraine, such as on the second largest city of Kharkiv and on Kyiv – here are pictures from the region in which the capital is located. For the encircled Ukrainian city of Mariupol and for Volnovakha in the Donetsk region, Russia announced a five-hour ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor on Saturday. According to the city council, people from Mariupol should travel to other cities by bus or in their own vehicles. A third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is expected this weekend. This is to take place again in Belarus, which is an ally of Russia.
Moscow has announced that it will create a humanitarian corridor and temporarily stop firing at the city, and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has also confirmed the plan. It was recently reported from Mariupol that the population was without heating, electricity and running water after the Russian shelling. A third round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine is expected next weekend.