Ukraine has accused Russia of launching an attack on a humanitarian corridor that is meant to enable civilians to leave the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol.
The Foreign Ministry tweeted “Cease-fire violated!”
“Russian forces are now shelling the humanitarian corridor from Zaporizhzhia to Mariupol. 8 trucks + 30 buses ready to deliver humanitarian aid to Mariupol and to (evacuate) civilians to Zaporizhzhia,” it added.
The Defense Ministry also asserted that an attack on the corridor was taking place.
“The enemy has launched an attack heading exactly at the humanitarian corridor,” it said on Facebook.
“Such actions are nothing other than a genocide,” it added.
The reports cannot be independently verified.
Attempted evacuations of civilians from Mariupol have not succeeded on several occasions in recent days, with Kyiv and Moscow blaming each other for the failures.
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