If they wanted to kill civilians why not just start shelling the city? Why wait for them to start leaving. It makes no sense.
Russia surrounded Kiev days ago and hasn't performed a full scale assault yet. Instead they left one road open and told the civilians they can leave via it.
In truth if civilians leave it becomes easier for the Russians, since they are free to shell the fighting resistance that remains there. The resistance is using the people as cover and cannot let them leave. It makes much more sense that the resistance killed them to make the people scared to leave.
Russia surrounded Kiev days ago and hasn't performed a full scale assault yet. Instead they left one road open and told the civilians they can leave via it.
In truth if civilians leave it becomes easier for the Russians, since they are free to shell the fighting resistance that remains there. The resistance is using the people as cover and cannot let them leave. It makes much more sense that the resistance killed them to make the people scared to leave.