Of the 2 million Ukrainian citizens wishing to go to Russia, less than 10% were released
About two million Ukrainian citizens would like to travel to Russia to escape the fighting, but they are not allowed to do so.
Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this during a briefing, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“We understand perfectly well that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are supported by extremists who were recently formed into some kind of nationalist paramilitary battalions. But, one way or another, this is now part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Russian side recorded the use of phosphorus ammunition by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, prohibited by the Third Protocol of the UN Convention on Inhumane Weapons.
National battalions, their members, mercenaries from the Middle East and some Western European countries fighting with them, use civilians as human shields. They place combat positions in residential buildings and civilian facilities. This is the tactic used by ISIS terrorists.
There is an obstacle to the evacuation of civilians from dangerous zones. Information about humanitarian corridors is deliberately not communicated to the population. Persons wishing to evacuate to Russia are forced to leave in a western direction. There were cases in Bali when nationalists shot civilians who wanted to leave the areas of hostilities,” Zakharova said.
She noted that at the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces and armed Ukrainian neo-Nazis not only use prohibited weapons, such as phosphorus ammunition, but also use the tactics of ISIS terrorists, hiding behind civilians as a human shield.
The situation is worsened by the fact that Kyiv decided to release criminals from prisons and arm them, which led to the emergence of entire gangs of robbers, looters, and rapists.
“In parallel with the special military operation, negotiations are being held with the Ukrainian side with the aim of quickly ending the unnecessary and senseless bloodshed and resistance to the Ukrainian Armed Forces...
About two million people in Russia have asked to evacuate. About one hundred and forty thousand people have already crossed the Russian border. Unfortunately, in practice agreements are often not respected,” the diplomat concluded.
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