Russia opens 'humanitarian corridors' from Kyiv, four other Ukraine cities: Interfax

FILE PHOTO: People fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine board a bus after crossing the border from Ukraine to Poland, at the border checkpoint in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Russia has opened "humanitarian corridors" so people can be evacuated from Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities: Cherhihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying on Tuesday.
The defence ministry added that Russian forces in Ukraine had introduced a "silent regime" from 0700 GMT, Interfax reported.