Russia’s defense minister said Thursday that Moscow was extending a “humanitarian pause” in Aleppo scheduled to end at 1600 GMT by another day.

On the order of President Vladimir Putin, “a decision was made to extend the ‘humanitarian pause’ by 24 hours,” minister Sergei Shoigu said in a statement, without specifying when the extended truce would end in the devastated Syrian city. The UN meanwhile said it had received a pledge from Moscow to extend it until Saturday.

Source: SANA