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New evacuation corridor opened in Ukraine

Dog lying in the ruins of school No. 25 in Zhitomir, North Ukraine, 11 March 2022
Photo: EPA/BGNES

The evacuation of Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy began this morning. According to the head of the Regional State Administration Dmitry Zhivitsky in the Telegram, the humanitarian corridor has been open since 9 o'clock local time. Withdrawals are made with vehicles departing from six locations in the region. All convoys are headed to the central city of Poltava and are expected to arrive there between 1 pm and 2 pm.

Early this morning, air raid sirens sounded in more than 15 regions of Ukraine, including Kyiv, Odessa, Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipro, local media reported.
Yesterday, Russia expanded its offensive in Ukraine by attacking the cities of Lutsk, Ivano-Frankivsk and Dnipro.




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