differentiate so the syrian government has a role to play in syria. those people are being taken to russia. we can t necessarily judge what s going to happen to the invasion. an immediate opportunity that they wish to be in. controlling a neighboring country where they feel safe. we should be pushing in all of this for people to be able to reach safety, for the manipulations to seek assistance. emma beals, thank you for your perspective. thanks, rosemary. still to come here on cnn. as the bombs rain down on ukraine, president biden is planning new sanctions against specific russians, and we will tell you who s being targeted this time. plus i am here standing on the shoulders of generations of
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Russia's offer of "humanitarian corridors" for civilians to flee the Ukrainian cities it has besieged is a well-tried approach Moscow adopted during Syria's devastating civil war.In those evacuations, Russia backed Syria's regime in pummelling rebel-held enclaves, before it brokered "safe corridors" and exit deals for civilians and fighters to leave, paving the way for a return to full regime control.The Russian-led evacuations were regularly hampered by violence, often deeply distrusted, and were carried out with minimal international oversight.
Russia's offer of "humanitarian corridors" for civilians to flee the Ukrainian cities it has besieged is a well-tried approach Moscow adopted during Syria's devastating civil war.