Ukrainian civilians who were trying to escape in the Irpin district, west of the Ukrainian capital, were hit early on Sunday (6), according to CNN. The checkpoint was targeted by artillery shells, generating explosions that were heard by broadcasters in Kiev and in rural areas of the municipality. Among the three people killed were two children, according to local officials.
“There are basements where 70 children are sitting right now and they are not being released. This is a catastrophe both from a humanitarian point of view and, above all, from a moral point of view”, said the adviser to the president’s office Oleksiy Arestovych.
The attacks on civilians come as Russia has pledged a temporary ceasefire to allow refugees to leave Ukraine. This weekend alone, two humanitarian corridor attempts were thwarted in the country.
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