place in half an hour. russian state media reports that evacuation routes will be set up in the capital kyiv, as well as kharkiv, mariupol and sumy. all of these cities are currently under a significant russian assault operation. russian inistry maps appear to show that the corridor from kyiv will lead to belarus and that from kharkiv, to russia. however ukrainian officials have yet to confirm this it has agreed to a ceasefire. yesterday in mariupol a second attempt to evacuate civilians trapped in the city failed again. both sides blamed the other for not observing an agreed ceasefire. the red cross had hoped to start evacuating 200,000 people from the city that has been surrounded and under siege. it says its teams began opening up the corridor before "hostilities resumed".