There could be a secure evacuation route, though. Since Russia is in violation of a ceasefire, the United Nations Security Council can rule to establish a secure route for people exiting the country.
That is not a miiltary issue. That is saving the lives of people willing to leave Ukraine because of the threat of death.
The United Nations should also recognize the billions of people around the globe demonstrating in support of Ukrainian people. A vast number of people in countries nearly on every continent recognize the atrocities Russia is conducting for the sake of Putin's politics.
The evacuation route would have to be defended if there was violence along the path to safety. There are videos of refugee camps. That happened fairly quickly.
The U.S. government (click here) is allowing a Moscow-chartered flight to land in D.C. Saturday afternoon to ensure Russian diplomats are removed from the countryThe flight has been approved to fly out Russian diplomats who were expelled this week from their posts at the United Nations
According to tracking website FlightAware, a Rossiya Special Flight Squadron will land at Dulles International Airport shortly after 2pm
Russia has denied the allegations against its diplomats and says it will retaliate for their expulsion
Let's hope we don't have to scramble NORAD. That would be very bad if something stupid happened. We should have flown them to the Ukraine border and told them to hike to Moscow. Backpacks provided, of course.
