Evacuations begin from the northeastern city of Sumy along a so-called “green corridor.”
Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion begin a procession along a snowy road out of the city, as a new effort to evacuate civilians along safe corridors finally gets underway.
The route out of the eastern city of Sumy is one of five promised by the Russians to offer civilians a way to escape the Russian onslaught.
Video posted by the Ukrainian state communications agency shows people with bags boarding buses, but it is not clear how long the effort will last.
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Previous attempts to lead civilians to safety amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II have crumbled with renewed attacks.
“The Ukrainian city of Sumy was given a green corridor, the first stage of evacuation began,” the agency tweets.
Sumy is just 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the Russian border.
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