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Number of people fleeing Ukraine passes 2m and WHO says vital medical supplies are running out

Russia has begun bombing desperate refugees fleeing out of war-torn Ukrainian cities despite promising a ceasefire to open humanitarian corridors, the Ukraine defence ministry has claimed

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday a child had died from dehydration in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol, which has had no water, power or heating supplies for days.

Russia claims to open humanitarian corridors on Tuesday so people can be evacuated from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Mariupol

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.