Ukraine-Russia war live – Humanitarian corridors open for citizens to flee
Over 1.2million people have fled Ukraine as Russia’s invasion of the country enters its tenth day.
Many more will get the opportunity to leave today as humanitarian corridors open to let Mariupol and Volnovakha citizens to get to safety.
However, one person that is staying put is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky – who shared a video confirming that he is still in Kyiv amid rumours of him fleeing.
In the video posted to his Instagram account on Friday night, Zelensky said: ‘Every two days information comes out that I have fled somewhere — fled from Ukraine, from Kyiv, from my office. As you can see, I am here in my place, Andriy Borisovich (Yermak) is here. Nobody has fled anywhere. Here, we are working.
‘We like jogging, but now we don’t have time for that, for various cardio exercises,’ he joked.
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