Russo-Ukraine War: Ukraine sets up 9 humanitarian corridors
Corridors are also due to be set up from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to Vovchansk, on the Russian border, and from the towns of Borodyanka and Shevchenkov near Kiev to Zhytomyr and Browary.
Nine humanitarian corridors are planned to be set up across Ukraine on Thursday, allowing civilians to flee areas of heavy fighting, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, announced.
In addition, a fuel tanker is due to be sent from Zaporizhzhia to the besieged port city of Mariupol, where conditions are particularly dire, the deputy premier added in a video message.
Corridors are also due to be set up from the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv to Vovchansk, on the Russian border, and from the towns of Borodyanka and Shevchenkov near Kiev to Zhytomyr and Browary.
Five other towns are due to receive food and medicine, including Hostomel near Kiev.
Previous planned evacuation attempts have repeatedly failed, with Moscow and Kiev blaming each other for failing to observe ceasefires.