Russia issued an ultimatum offering to open humanitarian corridors in exchange for the surrender of the city.
Highlights
- Russia issued an ultimatum offering to open humanitarian corridors in exchange for surrender of the city.
- Russia says it will not let humanitarian convoys into the city if it does not surrender, and the city won’t let people out.
- Russia’s “goal of the Russians is to start to [create] hunger [in the city] to enforce their position in the diplomatic process,” says Dzhokir.
- “Russians don’t open… humanitarian corridors, they don’t let [humanitarian convoys] in the city,” he says.