Russia-Ukraine war: Shelling and evacuation efforts ongoing
ABC News
Efforts are ongoing to coordinate safe routes of escape for Ukrainian civilians out of besieged cities as the Russian invasion rounds out its second week
Efforts are ongoing to coordinate safe routes of escape for Ukrainian civilians out of besieged cities as the Russian invasion rounds out its second week.
In the days since Russia launched a war on Ukraine, some 2 million people have fled the country, nearly half of them children. Russian troops have captured swaths of territory in the south, but have faced fierce Ukrainian resistance in other regions.
Ukrainian officials say women who are pregnant or with children, the elderly and those with disabilities will be given priority to leave besieged or occupied cities on Wednesday through a humanitarian corridor Russia and Ukraine agreed to. Some 5,000 civilians, including foreign students, were able to flee one such city on Tuesday.
Life has become increasingly desperate in cities cut from electricity and facing food and medicine shortages. The port city of Mariupol is particularly devastated, lacking running water, heat, sanitary systems and phone service.
