First convoy of evacuees leaves Ukrainian city of Sumy, officials say

Reuters March 8, 2022

FILE PHOTO: People remove debris at the site of a military base building that, according to the Ukrainian ground forces, was destroyed by an air strike, in the Sumy region

LVIV, Ukraine – A first convoy of residents and foreign students has left the Ukrainian city of Sumy after an agreement with Russia on establishing a humanitarian corridor, officials said on Tuesday.

“We have already started the evacuation of civilians from Sumy to Poltava (in central Ukraine), including foreign students,” the foreign ministry said in a tweet. “We call on Russia to agree on other humanitarian corridors in Ukraine.”

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; writing by Matthias Williams, editing by Timothy Heritage)

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