CEASEFIRE BY RUSSIA IN FOUR UKRAINIAN CITIES TO ALLOW EVACUATIONS: 10 POINTS

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New Delhi, India: Russia will hold fire and provide humanitarian corridors in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and three other cities starting at 0700 GMT (12.30 pm IST) today, according to the Interfax news agency.

1. Beginning at 12.30 p.m. IST on Monday, Russia declared a truce in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Sumy. According to Russia's defence ministry, the humanitarian routes are being established at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.

2. Efforts to evacuate residents from Mariupol, which is under siege, failed for the second time today owing to ceasefire violations. The city's residents are without power and water.

3. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, a volley of Russian missiles has destroyed Vinnytsia airport in central Ukraine.

4. According to the BBC, three civilians were killed by mortar fire while attempting to evacuate Irpin.

a "Rivers of blood and tears are flowing across Ukraine. "This is not just a military operation, but a war that is causing death, damage, and misery," Pope Francis remarked, dismissing the term "military operation." "Russia has used this phrase to explain its acts.

6. As the crisis in Ukraine intensified, global streaming entertainment site Netflix, major accounting firms KPMG and PWC, and financial services business American Express also severed connections with Russia.

7. According to an independent protest monitoring group, police detained over 4,600 individuals during Russia-wide protests against President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

8. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that he will achieve his objectives in Ukraine "by diplomacy or by conflict."

9. On Monday, Ukraine and Russia are slated to have their third round of negotiations.

10. On Monday, Ukraine will ask the United Nations' top court to make an emergency judgement ordering Russia to halt its invasion, claiming that Moscow's argument is based on a mistaken interpretation of genocide law.

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