Ukraine Confirms 9 Humanitarian Corridors Agreed To As Zelensky Says Mariupol "Like Armageddon"

"In what's looking to be among the most substantial positive agreements to come out of  Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks of the last days, the Ukrainian side announced Wednesday that an agreement has been reached to establish nine "humanitarian corridors" across various towns and cities.

"Agreement has been reached to try to evacuate civilians trapped in Ukrainian towns and cities through nine 'humanitarian corridors' on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said," Reuters writes of the safe passage deal.

However, it might not reach into the center of beseiged Mariupol, critics say as an estimated up to 100,000 are still said to be trapped. "Signalling no agreement had been reached with Russia to establish a safe corridor from the heart of Mariupol, she said people wishing to leave the besieged port city would find transport in nearby Berdyansk," the report cites Vereshchuk further. And President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an address to Italian parliament that it was "just ruins like Armageddon". ZH