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Ukraine's Mariupol Attempts Second Evacuation


This screen grab from a handout video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 4, 2022, shows a destroyed Ukrainian army tank in the settlement of Gnutovo outside Mariupol.
This screen grab from a handout video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on March 4, 2022, shows a destroyed Ukrainian army tank in the settlement of Gnutovo outside Mariupol.

The city council of Ukraine's Mariupol said an evacuation of some of 400,000 residents trapped by encircling Russian forces would start at 12 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) on Sunday under a temporary cease-fire that will last till 9 p.m.

A similar plan had to be abandoned Saturday after the cease-fire was not fully observed, with both sides trading blame.

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