Just like when Hitler let Allied troops be extracted from Dunkirk.
I just love how the media is uncritically repeating Nazi talking points. And this is the same soldier that the MSM has been showing giving updates on Mariupol. Note how he has the Azov patch on his chest covered. Previously he’d had it out in the open. Of course its all moot when there’s another soldier right next to him proudly wearing their Azov patch on their sleeve.
Did these people forget the movie about Dunkirk that came out a few years ago? Hitler literally didn’t let them just retreat, he hit them constantly with the Luftwaffe the entire time.
Hitler did not let troops leave Dunkirk. Hitler tried and failed to stop them leaving.
Also the Russians are under no obligation under the geneva convention to let them retreat as a military unit, if they want to get out they can surrender