Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk announced that 10 evacuation corridors are set to open on Friday, APA reports citing CNN.
The corridors include routes for civilians escaping the besieged city of Mariupol and from the Luhansk region, which has been under intense bombardment.
The corridors are:
- In the eastern Donetsk region, an evacuation corridor is set to open from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia for those able to use personal transport.
- In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, corridors are set to open from Berdiansk, Tokmak, Melitopol and Enerhodar.
- And in Luhansk, evacuation corridors are set to open from Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Popasna, Hirske and Rubizhne to Bakhmut.