The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv.
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The Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors in several Ukrainian cities including the capital Kyiv.
What are humanitarian corridors?
- The United Nations considers humanitarian corridors to be one of several possible forms of a temporary pause of armed conflict.
- They are demilitarized zones, in a specific area and for a specific time — and both sides of an armed conflict agree to them.
- Via these corridors, either food and medical aid can be brought to areas of conflict, or civilians can be evacuated.
- Humanitarian corridors have been put in place since the mid-20th century. For example, during the so-called Kindertransport from 1938 to 1939, Jewish children were evacuated to the United Kingdom from areas under Nazi control.
- Humanitarian corridors were also created during the 1992-1995 siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia and the 2018 evacuation of Ghouta, Syria.
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