Russian army in Ukraine have allegedly killed seven civilians, including women and a child. This happened while they were trying to leave Ukraine’s Kyiv region.
Confirming the development, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in a tweet via its Twitter handle on Saturday wrote: “Russians shot at a column of women and children in Kyiv region, who were trying to evacuate along a previously agreed ‘green’ corridor. The result of this brutal act — seven dead. One of them is a child,” the tweet disclosed.
Another update from Defense Intelligence of Ukraine said the civilians were fleeing on a route that was not an agreed-upon “green corridor.”
It was further revealed that the victims were trying to evacuate near the village of Peremoga in Kyiv on Friday but were shot by the Russian troops.
Series of meetings in an effort to end the war have been held between Russia and Ukraine, but no concrete outcome yet.
Russia has been sanctioned globally following its invasion of Ukraine. Many western countries have accused the country of fighting Ukraine because of NATO’s interest in the country.
But Russia has since dismissed the allegation, saying its interest in Ukraine was to deradicalize a troubled region in the country.