Ukrainian video shows evacuation underway in safe corridor

The city of Sumy in Ukraine was given a green corridor to safely evacuate all citizens. A cease-fire was agreed to allow some civilians to evacuate, but Russia and Ukraine had differed on where the corridors would be.

Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine began a procession along a snowy road out of one city, as a new effort to evacuate civilians along safe corridors finally got underway.

The route out of the eastern city of Sumy was one of five promised by the Russians to offer civilians a way to escape the Russian onslaught.

A humanitarian corridor to evacuate civilians, including foreign students, from Sumy to Poltava has been agreed today. We call on Russia to uphold its ceasefire commitment, to refrain from activities that endanger the lives of people and to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. pic.twitter.com/W6ArLPKtBq

Even as video posted by the Ukrainian state communications agency showed people with bags boarding buses, it was not clear how long the effort would last.

Previous attempts to lead civilians to safety amid the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II have crumbled with renewed attacks.