i'm jonathan lemire. after violating two cease-fire attempts over the weekend, russia says its military will hold its fire this morning, and allow humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to evacuate. the cease-fire began earlier today in four major ukrainian cities. it comes at the request of french president emanuel macron who held a nearly two hour long phone call with president vladimir putin of russia yesterday. it's unclear when the cease-fire would end. the announcement comes after russian forces violated a temporary cease-fire in the port city of mariupol yesterday, hampering evacuations with a barrage of shelling. ukrainian officials saying russian shelling has hit critical infrastructure in the city. which is desperately short of food, water, and medicine. according to the red cross, around 200,000 people are trapped in the city. the situation in and around the capital of kyiv is no different. at least eight civilian, including a family, were killed by a russian shelling yesterday.