The city council of Ukraine's Mariupol said an evacuation of some of 400,000 residents trapped by encircling Russian forces would start at 12:00 p.m. local time (1000 GMT) on Sunday under a temporary ceasefire that will last till 9:00 p.m..
A similar plan had to be abandoned on Saturday after the ceasefire was not fully observed, with both sides trading blame.
(Reporting by Natalia Zinets; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Catherine Evans)