Moscow condemned over ‘humanitarian corridors’ taking Ukrainians towards Russia

A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin (Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP)

Moscow has been condemned after announcing the opening of humanitarian corridors which would take Ukrainian civilians fleeing the invasion towards Russia or its ally Belarus.

The limited ceasefire announcement came a day after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to shelter from Russian shelling of cities in the centre, north and south of the country.