MOSCOW, March 5 — Russian forces will observe a truce in Ukraine starting 10am Moscow time (0700 GMT) on Saturday to facilitate the evacuation of civilians via humanitarian corridors, Xinhua news agency quoted the Russian Ministry of Defence.
As was agreed by the Ukrainian side, the humanitarian corridors will allow the exit of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha in south Ukraine, the ministry said, without disclosing how long the ceasefire will last.
During their second round of peace talks on Thursday, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreed on the establishment of humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians and on a temporary cessation of hostilities along the evacuation routes.
— Bernama
