At least 21 people, including two children, have died in an air strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, approximately 220 miles east of Kyiv, the rescue services have said.
"Enemy planes insidiously attacked apartment buildings" on Monday night, the rescue services said on Telegram after arriving on the scene at 11pm (9pm UK). Sumy, near the Russian border, has been the scene of heavy fighting for days.
Civilians started leaving later this morning under an agreement with Russia on the establishment of a "humanitarian corridor", Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.
Read all the latest here: [ Ссылка ]
Subscribe to The Telegraph on YouTube ► [ Ссылка ]
Get the latest headlines: [ Ссылка ]
Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
#Ukraine #Russia #Sumy
