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Russia promises safe corridors for Ukraine refugees to flee battered cities

Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and 4 other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees surpass 2 million

A man lights a fire under the kettle in a yard of an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, Monday, March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
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A man lights a fire under the kettle in a yard of an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine; (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

Reuters UN WASHINGTON/LVIV, Ukraine
Russia said it is ready to provide humanitarian corridors on Wednesday for people fleeing Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities, as the number of refugees created by the biggest assault on a European country since World War Two surpassed 2 million.
 
Mikhail Mizintsev, head of Russia's National Defence Control Centre, was quoted as saying by the Tass news agency that Russian forces would "observe a regime of silence" from 10 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) to ensure safe passage for civilians wishing to leave Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol.
 
It was unclear if the proposed routes would pass through

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