The Ukrainian government has announced that flight routes from the disputed areas in the east of the country will be closed on Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said it is not possible to agree a ceasefire agreement with the Russian army on the evacuation routes. In Poland, however, the border guard reported that there were more entries into Ukraine on Saturday than exits from the neighboring country to the east.
“We are sparing every effort so that the humanitarian corridors can be reopened as soon as possible,” Vereshchuk said. She also called for an evacuation route for wounded soldiers from the city of Mariupol to be established.
Moscow issued an ultimatum to the remaining Ukrainian troops on Sunday afternoon to surrender – but this was rejected. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Saturday that the killing of the remaining Ukrainian troops in the disputed port city would mean the end of talks with Russia.
Poland: 22,000 people traveled to Ukraine, 19,200 left
More Ukrainians returned to their homeland across the Polish border on Saturday than they left the conflict zone. About 22,000 people had left Poland for Ukraine, the border guard tweeted on Sunday. In contrast, 19,200 people from Ukraine came to Poland during the same period – almost a quarter less than the day before.
More than 2.8 million people have fled to neighboring Poland since the Russian attack on Ukraine, according to the UN. According to authorities, most of the people who returned to Ukraine were Ukrainian citizens. They mainly travel to areas that the Ukrainian army has recaptured. There is no official information on how many war refugees have remained in Poland and how many have moved on to other EU countries.
Source: Krone
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