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Russia opening humanitarian corridors in Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier runs to check on a family after a mortar round landed nearby as civilians tried to flee Irpin, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Four people were killed. (Photo: The New York Times)

The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv at 10am Moscow time (2pm Bangkok time) on Monday, Russia's defence ministry said.

The corridors, which will also be opened from the cities of Kharkiv, Mariupol and Sumy, are being set up at the personal request of French President Emmanuel Macron and in view of the current situation in those cities, it said.

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