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Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced on the 10th (local time) that it would open daily evacuation routes for civilians from Ukraine to Russia without coordination with Ukraine.
According to Interfax news agency, Mikhail Mizhinchev, director of the Russian National Defense Management Center (NCUO), said at a briefing on the same day that “without consultation with Kyiv, the humanitarian channel will be opened to evacuate civilians from Ukraine to Russia from 10:00 every day.” “In coordination with the Ukrainian side, we will open[civilian evacuation routes]in other directions,” he said. He also asked the International Committee of the Red Cross and UN officials to work closely with the Ukrainian authorities to inform the Ukrainian people of the proposal.
It was followed by comments alleging that the Ukrainian government was obstructing a humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians. Mizinchev said, “The Russian side has opened 14 humanitarian channels from 10 a.m. on the 10th with a wholly humanitarian purpose yesterday (9th), and opened 14 humanitarian channels in Kiev (Kyiv), Chernivu, Sumi, Kharkiv, and Mariupol. “It was proposed to evacuate civilians and foreigners, but Ukraine only agreed to four of these routes,” he said. “The Ukrainian government continues to disrupt humanitarian operations to evacuate civilians,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mijinchev added that more than 187,000 people had been evacuated to Russia from the Ukraine-invasion zone, and that more than 2.6 million Ukrainians wanted to evacuate. “Since implementing the special military operation, we have managed to evacuate at a rate of 7457 people a day, and so far, more than 187,000 Ukrainians have managed to evacuate from the danger zone,” he said. 2,617,349 people,” he said.
