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Ukrainian officials rejected the Kremlin’s unilateral proposal for evacuation corridors for civilians as an unacceptable non-starter. Most of the routes lead to Russia or its staunch ally Belarus and would require people to travel through active areas of fighting.
A spokesman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Moscow’s offer “completely immoral” and said Russia was trying to “use people’s suffering to create a television picture,” Reuters reported.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk responded to Russia’s announcement by demanding that Moscow “accept options for our routes, as well as … establish a ceasefire, which we will agree on.” Ukraine has requested that evacuation corridors are opened that largely keep citizens inside Ukraine’s borders.
The United Nations also led a chorus of international condemnation towards Russia’s proposal on Monday. “It’s important that people be able to go where they choose and where it’s safe,” UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters, rejecting the Kremlin’s proposal.
Regardless, skepticism toward such corridors was growing after evacuations of civilians were paused within hours on both Saturday and Sunday when Russian forces were accused of shelling the escape routes.
In remarks to the UN Security Council Monday, Ukraine Ambassador to the UN Sergiy…
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Source : cnn
