FTA : "Illustrating his point, he said some ICRC staff had tried to get out of Mariupol along an agreed route on Sunday, but soon realised "the road indicated to them was actually mined"."<p>So no, the road was not trapped, it was clearly indicated that it is mined.<p>Moreover, as a deleted post noted, agreements "in principle" are not agreements. So if there's no crystal clear agreement, then no one moves (and puts the blame on negociating parties).<p>I understand this may sound harsh, but sending people on a road which is not 100% safe is dangerous.
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Mined by whom? For once it makes sense that Ukraine is doing that, they mined beaches at Odessa, while an invasion force mining their area would be stupid.
I wouldn't be surprised if Putin's troops undermine all routes to the west to have the refugees as human shields on their tank and supply routes to the east...
Apparently Russians also "opened" routes leading to Russia and Belarus. I mean, what kind of retarded bullshit is that? It would be literally Ukraine willingly sending hostages to the enemy.