Ukraine halts civilian evacuation for third day due to intense shelling

• Kyiv continues negotiation to build humanitarian corridors in the Kherson and Kharkiv areas

Ukraine suspends humanitarian corridors from crisis regions for the third day in a row due to intense Russian bombardments.

“Today, 19 April, unfortunately there are no humanitarian corridors. Intense shelling continues in the Donbas. According to Mariupol: the Russians refuse to provide a corridor for civilians in the direction of Berdyansk,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk posted on Telegram.

“We continue difficult negotiations on the opening of humanitarian corridors in Kherson and Kharkiv regions.” 

The operation of humanitarian corridors, which allow people to evacuate Russian forces, has been suspended by Kyiv on multiple occasions before, but Monday's declaration is the longest, AFP reported.

The report comes as Kyiv officials said Russia has started a full-scale ground attack to retake control of Ukraine's east with blasts reported across the region. 

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