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Breaking news from Ukraine.

A 'humanitarian channel' has been opened for civilian evacuation in two Ukrainian cities.

We connect reporters who are on the border with Ukraine.



Correspondent Kwak Sang-eun, first of all, let me tell you about the opening of a humanitarian channel.



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Yes, from 4 pm today in our time, a 'humanitarian pathway' for civilians has been opened in two cities in Ukraine.



I will explain while looking at the map.



The cities in question are Mariupol and Volnovakha, located in southeastern Ukraine, where it has been difficult for civilians to escape because Russian forces have surrounded the city or continued bombardment.



Russian forces have announced a temporary truce in the two cities while humanitarian corridors are open, but limited to five hours.



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The civilians who escaped from the two cities will eventually become refugees. What is the situation for these people?



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Yes, I am in a temporary shelter for refugees near the Siret border checkpoint.



It is a temporary shelter provided by the private sector for refugees who have crossed the border but do not know where to go or how to live.



Even here, the children are very bright and innocent, but each has a sad story behind it.

Let's hear it.






[Mariana/Ukrainian refugee: (Do you know what the situation is now?) Yes, I am going to Italy to meet my grandmother.] The



war created a secret that she could not tell her 5-year-old daughter.



[Vita / Ukrainian refugee (Mariana's mother): She told her that she was going to her grandmother's house instead of saying she was going to escape because she was afraid of her daughter.]



9-year-old Yulia heard the siren piercing her ears several times a day, and the horror of war. learned



[Yulia / Ukrainian Refugees: War is where countries fight.

It 's scary.]



Julia's dad and older brother stayed at home.



[Oksana/Ukrainian refugee (Yulia's mother): The eldest son is 19 years old.

I think it breaks her heart for leaving him behind.]



Her mother is no longer speechless.



[Myron Cornerus / Pastor of Refugee Facility Management: They are all deeply saddened by the fact that they left their homeland and separated from their families.]



According to the UNHCR, the number of refugees who left Ukraine after the invasion of Russia on the 24th of last month exceeded 1.2 million. .



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Jeong Seong-hoon)