Russia announces ceasefire, opens corridors for exit of civilians from Mariupol

MOSCOW – Russia announces a ceasefire and opens humanitarian corridors for the exit of residents of Mariupol and Volnovakha, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday.
“Today, on March 5, a ceasefire is announced from 10:00 a.m. Moscow time and humanitarian corridors are opened for the exit of civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha,” the ministry was quoted by Tass news agency as saying.
The humanitarian corridors and the exit routes were agreed with the Ukrainian side, it specified.