UK foreign secretary says government contacting nationals directly and providing routes for departure
The Guardian’s diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour reports:
The planned airlift of British citizens is fraught with dangers notably the fear that the 72 hour ceasefire will break down, meaning British nationals are travelling to the designated airfield while fighting has restarted. There have also been regular reports of robberies of foreigners during the fighting, requiring a degree of leadership from the two factions to keep troops under control.
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