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Russia's army says it will give civilians a safe route out of the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk. It's the first such attempt there, but the success of humanitarian corridors in other areas has been limited.

Russia's defence ministry said convoys of people would be taken north to occupied territories. This is the only way out, now that Russian forces have destroyed all three bridges to the Donbas.

Hundreds of civilians are sheltering with Ukrainian soldiers still resisting the Russian assault.

Oleksandra Matviichuk is head of the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine.

She told Newsday about the conditions that some people in the city are in, "We know that in the Azot plant, according to official information from Ukrainian authorities, (there are) at least 500 civilians, 40 of them are children. And for sure they are in very dangerous and bad conditions, because Russians try to occupy the city constantly, and they tried to airstrike this plant."

(Photo: Aerial view shows destroyed houses after strike in the town of Pryvillya, Ukrainian region in the Donbas, June 14, 2022. Credit: AFP)

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