Ukraine and the Russian Federation agree on evacuations via six "green" corridors

Yevhen Rudenko, Valentyna Romanenko – Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 09:54

Ukraine and the Russian Federation have agreed to a ceasefire from 9:00 until 21:00 to evacuate civilians using six humanitarian corridors. 

Source: The Minister for Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk during the briefing on 9 March.

Quote: "At half past five in the morning we received a message from the Russian Federation confirming the approval of the routes proposed by us earlier, and also regarding the letter sent to the "Red Cross" with such approval. We sent our letter to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). Currently Denys Shmyhal is speaking on the phone with the [ICRC] President Peter Maurer to confirm such an agreement. Troops have agreed to a ceasefire from 9:00 until 21:00. The following corridors will be opened:

Enerhodar – Zaporizhzhya

Sumy – towards Poltava

From Mariupol – towards Zaporizhzhya

Volnovakha – towards the town of Pokrovsk

Izum – Lozova

Also, in the Kyiv region: from Bucha, Vorzel, Irpin, Borodyanka, and Hostomel to Kyiv via Stoyanka and Bilhorodka. 

I would like to separately note about Vorzel. Fifty children and 25 staff are currently there in the orphanage "Malyatko". There will be a separate special operation concerning this orphanage. We would like to ask Russian troops to adhere to the commitments made."