More than 100 buses, carrying a few thousand civilians, have left the besieged city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, in a “safe passage” operation, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said.
The buses bearing the Red Cross emblem were heading towards Lubny, a city in central Ukraine, but might not be able to take a direct route, ICRC spokesperson Jason Straziuso said on Tuesday, adding the Russian side had given a green light for the evacuation.
