Hundreds of thousands of residents have been sheltering for more than a week without water or power
- Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates
Ukraine will try to evacuate civilians from six besieged cities, including the port of Mariupol where conditions are described as “apocalyptic”, along safe routes agreed with Moscow, the country’s deputy prime minister has said.
Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukrainian forces would hold their fire in the areas concerned during a 12-hour window from 9am until 9pm local time on Wednesday, and she appealed to Russian forces to observe their “official public commitment” to do the same.
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