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Evacuations halted in Ukraine area where cease-fire pledged
Updated On: 05 March, 2022 06:19 PM IST | Lviv | AP
`The Russian side is not holding to the ceasefire and has continued firing on Mariupol itself and on its surrounding area,` says Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy`s office
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A destroyed Ukrainian army tank in the settlement of Gnutovo outside Mariupol. Pic/AFP
The Ukrainian president`s office says civilian evacuations have halted in an area of the country where Russian defense officials had announced a cease-fire.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy`s office, said the evacuation effort was stopped because the city of Mariupol remained under fire on Saturday.
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