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Ukraine says Russia's stance on humanitarian corridors is 'completely immoral'

FILE PHOTO: A boy sits in a shelter for people fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Lviv, Ukraine, March 2, 2022. Picture taken March 2, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Ukraine said on Monday a Russian proposal on humanitarian corridors was "completely immoral" after Moscow suggested it would allow people to flee Ukrainian cities provided they exited to Belarus or Russia.

A spokesman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian citizens should be allowed to leave their homes through Ukrainian territory, and accused Russia of deliberately hampering previous evacuation attempts.

"This is a completely immoral story. People's suffering is used to create the desired television picture," the spokesman said in a written message. "These are citizens of Ukraine, they should have the right to evacuate to the territory of Ukraine."

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; writing by Matthias Williams, editing by Timothy Heritage)

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