Turms out to my surprise that some civilians in the north of Zaporizhzhia have tried to go into occupied areas.
I say “tried” - paranoid Russia shelled them. Yep - they actually shelled people going to join or provide support to the occupied region.
https://twitter.com/maria_avdv/status/1575729467028254720?t=7zOtvn15ARSKE4g_1ZJl-g&s=19
Hearts and minds. The only people welcome in occupied areas are Russian soldiers and paid collaborators. Everyone else is either a prisoner or a target.
Not clear if people went to “join”. They might have risked the journey to get their elderly relatives out or at least provide them with food.
The “humanitarian convoy” story is full of holes. They were supposedly going into Russian occupied territory in Zaporizhzhia to rescue some of their relatives as well as “distribute aid.” They had no flags flying that marked them as humanitarian vehicles and they were parked outside of a cafe and not on the road in a convoy. Ukraine is a war zone currently and of course there’s shooting and bombing going on, so sh!t happens.