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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont and Luke Harding in Lviv and Jon Henley

Russia accused of shelling Mariupol evacuation route as civilians flee Sumy

People walk next to an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine.
People walk next to an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine. Photograph: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP

Buses and cars have evacuated large numbers of civilians from the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy but authorities in Kyiv accused Moscow of shelling a similar refugee corridor meant to allow residents to escape the devastated port of Mariupol.

As the number of people fleeing Ukraine passed 2 million and the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the country was running out of vital medical supplies, the government in Kyiv said Russia had broken an agreed ceasefire.

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