Ukrainians Angry As President Putin Offers Evacuation Routes Lead To Russia And Belarus

 

As we have documented, some of Russia's new ceasefire channels lead to Russia or Belarus. Only two of the four cities named - Mariupol and Sumy - have evacuation routes leading to other parts of Ukraine. The Russian news agency Ria released the complete list of routes, citing the Interdepartmental Coordinating HQ for the Humanitarian Response in Ukraine, which was just constituted.

The details are as follows:

Mariupol

Route 1 - Novoazovsk, Taganrog, Rostov-on Don (Russia), then by air, road or rail to a chosen destination or temporary holding place
Route 2 - Portivske, Mangush, Respublika, Rosivka, Bilmak, Polohi, Orekhiv, Zaporizhzhya (Ukraine)
Kharkiv

Nekhoteyevka, Belgorod (Russia) then by air, road or rail
Sumy

Route 1 - Sudzha, Belgorod then by any transport
Route 2 - Sumy, Golubivka, Romny, Lokhvitsya, Lubny, Poltava (Ukraine)
Kyiv

Hostomel, Rakivka, Sosnovka, Ivankiv, Orane, Chernobyl, Gden', Gomel (Belarus), then by air to Russia
The statement adds that Russian military will carry out "uninterrupted objective control of the evacuation, including with the use of drones".

A spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called the proposal "completely immoral", saying Russia was trying to "use people's suffering to create a television picture".