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Russian forces shelled an evacuation route for civilians trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol in violation of a ceasefire agreement on Tuesday, Ukraine foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said on Twitter.

Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine left two embattled cities along safe corridors Tuesday, while officials said the exodus of refugees from the country reached 2 million. The Russian onslaught has trapped people inside besieged cities that are running low on food, water and medicine amid…

Russia has opened "humanitarian corridors" so people can be evacuated from Kyiv and four other Ukrainian cities: Cherhihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol, the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian defence ministry as saying on Tuesday.

Ukrainians boarded buses to flee the besieged eastern city of Sumy on Tuesday, the first evacuation from a Ukrainian city through a humanitarian corridor agreed with Russia after several failed attempts in recent days. Sumy governor Dmitro Zhivitskiy said in a video statement that the first buses had already departed…

Kremlin officials say safe corridors intended to let Ukrainian civilians escape the Russian onslaught could open Tuesday

The corridors are expected to lead civilians out of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Mariupol

A U.S. ban on imports of Russia's oil ratcheted up punishment for the invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday as McDonald's and Starbucks closed outlets and Moscow promised safe passage for some people to flee.

Russian forces press on with their sieges and bombing of Ukrainian cities, with hundreds of thousands of people trapped in Mariupol as defenders prepare barricades in central Kyiv.

The United Nations calls for civilians stuck in conflict zones in Ukraine to be allowed safe passage in any direction they choose, as Russia says it will establish humanitarian corridors out of several Ukrainian cities under siege.