Ukrainian war: Russia has stated “silence mode” and is ready to provide humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from a number of cities, including Kyiv.
Here are 5 latest updates on this big story
- Moscow has announced a new humanitarian ceasefire in Ukraine on Wednesday to carry out the evacuation of civilians, because the number of refugees created by the biggest attacks in the European country since World War two exceeded 2 million. Russia said his troops would stop shooting from 10 am Moscow (0700 GMT). This happened after civilians fled the city of Sumy yesterday which was surrounded yesterday in the first “humanitarian corridor” which was opened since the Russian invasion.
- After 21 people, including two children, killed in air strikes in Sumy, Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, on Tuesday condemned the “mass murder” of the Kremlin, including children, in an open letter to global media in Russia invasion.
- US President Joe Biden said the economic sanctions package was enforced against Russia “the most significant in history” and claimed that it had caused consequential damage to the Russian economy.
- Starbucks, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said they had decided to stop or limit business in Ukraine, noting more and more Russian invasion costs. Giants Oil BP and Shell announced direct termination with the purchase of Russian oil and gas and the European Union plans to cut gas imports with two thirds.
- China’s President XI Jinping on Tuesday described the situation in Ukraine as alarming and called for “maximum restrawal,” said the priority must prevent the situation there from spinning out of control, Chinese country media reported.