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Vladimir PutinPresident of Russia
"Safe corridors" meant to evacuate civilians fleeing the besieged Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Kharkiv will lead people straight into the arms of Russians, it has emerged.
Ceasefire agreements on Saturday and Sunday failed after Vladimir Putin's forces shelled the civilians who were trying to flee to safety.
On Monday, Russia announced new "humanitarian corridors" to transport Ukrainians trapped under its bombardment.
However, maps of the evacuation routes published by Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency show that civilians leaving Kharkiv and Kyiv will only be able to flee to Russia and its close ally Belarus.
Evacuations routes from the smaller cities of Mariupol and Sumy will transport civilians into Ukrainian territory.
Watch: Zelenskyy warns of 'day of judgement' after evacuation routes are targeted
Russia's defence ministry said anyone who wanted to leave Kyiv can be airlifted out, although drones would be used to monitor the evacuation.
The humanitarian corridors are being opened at the request of French President Emmanuel Macron.
A spokesperson for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the move "completely immoral" and said Russia was trying to "use people's suffering to create a television picture".
"They are citizens of Ukraine, they should have the right to evacuate to the territory of Ukraine,"
UK Foreign Office minister James Cleverly called the move “nonsense” because it would take fleeing Ukrainians “into the arms of the country that is currently destroying yours”.
He told the BBC: "It appears cynical beyond belief. There is a view that Vladimir Putin believed there was a widespread desire of Ukrainians to be closer to Russia, to be more Russian. I think that has been proven to be a complete nonsense by the circumstances we are seeing.
Read more: Russia 'bombing TV towers' to cut Ukrainians off from internet and vital broadcasts
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