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Planned evacuation of Mariupol halted for second
day
The safe passage of civilians from Ukraine’s besieged
eastern port city of Mariupol was “halted” on Sunday for a second consecutive
day, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
In a
statement, the ICRS said:
Amid devastating scenes of human suffering in
Mariupol, a second attempt today to start evacuating an estimated 200,000
people out of the city came to a halt.
The failed attempts yesterday and today
underscore the absence of a detailed and functioning agreement between the
parties to the conflict.
“The ICRC
is not and cannot in any way be the guarantor of a ceasefire agreement between
the parties or of its implementation,” the body added, criticising the lack of
a proper agreement between the warring parties to protect civilian lives amid ceasefire
violations.
“For the
safe passage of civilians to happen with the required levels of trust, the
parties should agree between themselves not just in principle but also on the
details and parameters” of an evacuation accord, the ICRC added, stressing its
neutrality.
It
underlined its readiness “to help facilitate further attempts if the parties
reach a detailed agreement, which is for the parties alone to implement and
respect”.
Mariupol
city council said the evacuation was not possible due to Russian shelling. “It
is extremely dangerous to take people out under such conditions,” the city
council said in an online statement.
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