Russian forces are not observing the agreed ceasefire along the full length of a planned route for the evacuation of Ukraine civilians, the city council of Mariupol said.
“We are negotiating with the Russian side to confirm the ceasefire along the entire evacuation route,” it said in a statement.
It comes after Russia said its troops would “go silent” in two key cities today to allow people to flee the conflict.
The ceasefire in Mariupol was planned to last until 2pm after the evacuation along a humanitarian corridor began at 9am, a top official in city official has said.
Pavlo Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk military-civil administration that includes Mariupol, said the humanitarian corridor would extend from the city to Zaporizhzhia.
But Russia’s RIA news agency has since quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying its troops will continue its “broad offensive” in the country.
