On the 112th day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Wednesday June 15, a humanitarian corridor must be open until 5 p.m. UT to allow the evacuation of civilians from the Azot factory in Sievierodonetsk, ravaged by fighting.
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The main points:
► Russia announced on Tuesday the establishment on Wednesday of a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation, to a locality under Russian control, of civilians in the Azot factory in Sievierodonetsk where fighting is raging. The day before, the Ukrainian forces had been driven out of the center of this city in eastern Ukraine that the two armies have been fighting for weeks.
► Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have destroyed the last bridge leading to the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, cutting off an escape route for civilians trapped in the battle for this key heartland city industrialist of Ukraine. The head of the city administration, Oleksandr Striouk, says the communication channels to the city remain open but “are quite complicated”.
► Amnesty International has accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine, saying hundreds of civilians have died in relentless attacks on Kharkiv, many carried out with cluster bombs.
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