Ukraine to open nine humanitarian corridors

PBC News:  Nine humanitarian corridors will be opened in Ukraine on Friday to allow the evacuation of civilians and the import of vital supplies, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has announced.

The plans for Friday include routes out of Mariupol, Sumy, and the villages of Krasnopillia and Velyka Pysarivka, CNBC reports.

Vereshchuk said authorities were working on arranging humanitarian help for the Kherson region. Kherson, a key city in southern Ukraine, became the first major Ukrainian city to be captured by Russian forces earlier this month.

Residents of the city have since taken to the streets on several occasions to protest the Russian occupation.