Ukraine has begun evacuating civilians from besieged cities after Russia allowed the creation of 'humanitarian corridors'.
Ukraine has begun evacuating civilians from besieged cities after Russia allowed the creation of"humanitarian corridors".
"We have already started the evacuation of civilians from Sumy to Poltava , including foreign students," Ukraine's foreign ministry said in a tweet. "Yesterday was the hardest bombing, and the lights and sound is so scary, and the whole building is shaking."Source:Russia's Interfax news agency said Moscow was opening corridors on Tuesday to allow people to leave five Ukrainian cities: Cherhihiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol and the capital Kyiv, as well as Sumy. There was no immediate comment from the Ukrainian side on evacuations from cities apart from Sumy.
Russia is the world's leading exporter of oil and gas, and both Russia and Ukraine are major suppliers of grain and metals, creating concern that the conflict could cause massive supply disruptions and derail the global recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.Ukraine said the pace of Russia's advances had slowed on Tuesday.