Iryna Vereshchuk, the deputy prime minister of the Ukranian government, said there will be seven civilian evacuate routes on Thursday.

Six of the routes will take civilians fleeing heavy fighting in Trostyanets, Krasnopillya, Sumy, Mariupol, Volnovakha and Izyum to other parts of the country.

Many attempts to evacuate civilians have been halted in recent days, with Ukrainian authorities accusing Russian forces of violating cease-fire agreements, attacking the agreed evacuate routes, and only permitting civilians to flee to Russia.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his call for Western allies to create a no-fly zone over the country, saying any further delay will be too late to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe.

We are talking about closing the sky. Zelenskky said in an interview with Sky News that you can't decide whether to close or not.

Don't wait for me to ask you a million times to close the sky. No. Our people who lost their children have to call us. We didn't push Putin, we didn't speak with him a lot, and we didn't find the dialogue with him. We did nothing.

It's true. The world did nothing yesterday. Zelenskky said that it was true and called on policymakers to act faster to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.

He said to close the sky and stop the bombing.

Zelenskky replied "So it would be worse for whom?" when asked if a no-fly zone would make the situation worse. For our families? No, for whom? For them? Who knows? Nobody knows. We know that that is very bad. It will be too late in the future.

Sam Meredith.

After a General Assembly meeting discussing the situation in Ukraine, the Foreign Minister of Ukraine briefs the media.

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will meet his Russian counterpart in Turkey on Thursday.

The two ministers will hold press conferences after the meeting.

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The seal of the International Monetary Fund can be seen near the World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC.

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The International Monetary Fund has approved emergency funding for the Ukrainian economy due to the devastating humanitarian crisis and destruction of infrastructure caused by Russia.

More than 2 million people have left Ukraine since Russia began its assault two weeks ago.

The Russian military invasion of Ukraine has caused a massive humanitarian and economic crisis, according to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.

The tragic loss of life, huge refugee flows, and immense destruction of infrastructure and productive capacity will lead to a deep recession this year. Financing needs are urgent and could rise as the war continues.

A package of grants and loans from the World Bank was approved this week.

Sam Meredith.