Ukraine says seven humanitarian corridors planned for evacuations on Saturday
April 2, 2022, 9:37 am

Ukraine says seven humanitarian corridors planned for evacuations on Saturday

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The Alarabiya English reported, citing Reuters, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that seven humanitarian corridors to evacuate people from Ukraine’s besieged regions are planned for Saturday.

Vereshchuk said, the planned corridors include one for people evacuating by private transport from the city of Mariupol and by buses for Mariupol residents out of the city of Berdyansk.

The head of the Poltava region said, the announcement was made after Russian missiles hit two cities in central Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and residential buildings.

National Guard of Ukraine (File photo: Euromaidan Press)

Dmitry Lunin wrote in an online post: “Poltava. A missile struck one of the infrastructure facilities overnight,” adding that “Kremenchuk. Many attacks on the city in the morning.”

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Poltava city is the capital of the Poltava region, east of Kyiv, and Kremenchuk one of the area’s major cities.

Source: alarabiyaenglish

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Upon arriving to participate in the summit of the European Political Community, which includes around forty heads of state in Budapest, he said, "I look forward to sitting with the elected U.S. president and seeing how we will collectively ensure we meet challenges, including the threats from Russia and North Korea." He also noted that the strengthening of ties between Russia and North Korea poses a threat to the United States as well, according to reports from Agence France-Presse.

Before Trump's victory, Rutte expressed confidence that a united Washington would remain part of the defensive alliance, even if Trump became the 47th president of the United States. In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF last Monday night, he stated that both Republicans and Democrats understand that NATO serves not only the security of Europe but also that of America. He added that both candidates are aware that the security of the United States is closely tied to NATO.

On Wednesday, NATO congratulated Trump on his victory but did not address the Ukrainian issue.

It is noteworthy that the relationship between the elected U.S. president and the defense alliance was not the best during his first term in the White House. Trump criticized NATO member states multiple times and even hinted at withdrawing from the alliance unless they increased their financial contributions.

Additionally, the issue of the Russian-Ukrainian war is one of the matters that complicate relations between the two sides, especially since Trump has repeatedly stated that he can end this ongoing conflict, which began in 2022, quickly. He implied that he had a peace plan between Kyiv and Moscow, while his vice president, JD Vance, revealed aspects of that plan, which stipulated Ukraine's commitment not to join NATO, thereby sending reassuring signals to the Russians.

Furthermore, many NATO member states in Europe fear that Trump might halt military aid to Ukraine after he previously criticized the U.S. for pouring funds into supporting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.