Moscow announces a ceasefire for the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol. The town hall of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol announced this Saturday the start, at the end of the morning, of the evacuation of civilians from this strategic port on the Sea of Azov surrounded by Russian and pro-Russian forces. Moscow has indeed announced this Saturday a ceasefire to allow the evacuation of civilians, after consultations between representatives of Kiev and Moscow.
The Russian army continues to advance. Fighting continues in Cherniguiv, north of Kiev, where Russian strikes left 47 dead on Friday in a residential area. Some 350 km east of Kiev, the situation has also become “hell” in Okhtyrka, and it is “critical” in Sumy, according to the authorities. More than 1.2 million people have already fled the country, according to the UN.
Russian forces occupy the Zaporozhzhya nuclear power plant. Moscow has occupied this power station in southeastern Ukraine since Friday, where its artillery strikes, according to the Ukrainians, caused a fire, which Moscow denies being the cause.