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Russian army says Ukrainian civilians can use safe corridor to leave Kyiv
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MOSCOW — The Russian military says that residents of the Ukrainian capital can use a safe corridor to leave the city if they want.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov says that Kyiv residents can safely use a highway leading to Vasylkiv just southwest of the Ukrainian capital.
The statement comes as fighting raged in various parts of the Ukrainian capital, with Ukrainian authorities saying that they were fighting small groups of Russian forces in various sectors of the capital.
Konashenkov charges that Ukrainian “nationalists” are deploying military equipment using the city residents as shields, allegations that can’t be independently verified.
Despite the Russian military’s claims that it wasn’t targeting populated areas, residential buildings, hospitals and schools have been hit all across Ukraine since the invasion began.
The Times of Israel Community.