As Russia enters the 18th day of its invasion of Ukraine, terrible news continues to come from the battle line. In the capital, Kiev, where the evacuations began, civilians consisting of women and children were attacked by Russian troops. According to the news confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, 7 people lost their lives during the attacks.
There are news of death from the evacuation corridors agreed by the Russian and Ukrainian sides in order to prevent civilians from being harmed by the conflicts in Russia's attacks on Ukraine .
In the capital, Kiev, where the evacuations took place, civilians consisting of women and children were attacked by the Russians near the village of Peremoga in the Baryshiv district. It was reported that 7 people died in the attack.
In the statement made by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, expressions were used, "during the evacuation from Peremoga village to Gostroluchya village on March 11, the invaders shot a civilian group consisting of women and children."
In the continuation of the statement, the Ministry emphasized that an attack took place while the civilians were leaving the area with their own means and that this evacuation corridor was not a contracted evacuation corridor, and said, "The evacuation of civilians started from the uncontracted evacuation corridor, where people started to flee on their own. This is very dangerous because the invaders are destroying civilians. "There are many examples of such military crimes in this 16-day period," he said.
Speaking about the evacuations that took place today, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereşuk said, "There are some routes on the Mariupol-Zaporizhia, Poland-Zaporizhia, Volnovakha-Pokrovsk, Energodar-Zaporizhia, Izum-Lozovaya, Bucha-Kiev, Mikuliç-Kyiv, Makariv-Jitomir, Borodyanka-Jitomir routes. "The evacuations took place. 9 of the 12 Green corridors opened for the evacuation of civilians were evacuated. In the city of Bucha, the evacuations took place without any problems. The evacuation of almost a thousand people from the city was completed. The evacuation of civilians was partially completed in Kiev," he said.