Moscow said the lull was intended to give the more than 250,000 civilians trapped in east Aleppo time to prepare to leave the city during the eight-hour ceasefire announced for Thursday.
Pauze tiek ieturēta, lai 250 000 Alepo austrumu mierīgie iedzīvotāji varētu sagatavoties ielenkto rajonu pamešanai ceturtdien gaidāmā astoņu stundu pamiera gaitā, skaidro Maskava.