Latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: On Tuesday, Russia declared a ceasefire in four Ukrainian cities starting at 12.30 p.m. IST and said it would open humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations.
From 10 a.m. Moscow time (12.30 p.m. IST) on Tuesday, Russia will hold a ceasefire and open humanitarian corridors for civilian evacuations from Ukraine’s Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and Mariupol, according to Moscow’s UN envoy Vasily Nebenzya.
Russia had declared a ceasefire in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and three other cities – Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Sumy – that would take effect at 10 a.m. Moscow time on Monday (12.30 pm IST). In Ukraine, the Russian army announced the establishment of multiple humanitarian routes.
It’s starting to look like a pattern. On Saturday and Sunday as well, Russia established temporary ceasefires in other Ukrainian cities to allow residents to flee. However, Ukrainian officials claimed that the evacuations had to be halted both times because of continued shelling and ceasefire violations.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke over the phone with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday. He brought up the problem of safe evacuation for Indian students trapped in war-torn Sumy, Ukraine, during his conversations. Approximately 700 Indians are currently stranded in Sumy, Ukraine’s northeastern city, majority of whom are medical students at Sumy State University.
According to government sources, Vladimir Putin informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he would provide all necessary assistance in the safe evacuation of Indians from Sumy.
TS Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said on Monday that despite India’s repeated requests to both Ukraine and Russia, a humanitarian corridor for the safe evacuation of Indian students stranded in Ukraine’s Sumy has not been established.
he explained ,”We’ve renewed our call for all civilians, including Indians, to be granted safe passage. We’re really concerned that, despite our repeated appeals to both parties, a safe corridor for our Sumy students has yet to be established.”
On February 24, Russia declared war on Ukraine and has been firing strikes across the country ever since, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths and a tremendous influx of refugees.
