9 Mar 2022

Ukranians fleeing besieged cities amid temporary ceasefires

From Morning Report, 7:20 am on 9 March 2022

Ukranians have been packing their bags in a hurry to escape their devastated homes, after Russia agreed to a pause attacks in some areas.

A convoy of buses and cars carrying mostly foreign students have left the northern city of Sumy while dozens of people, mostly elderly, left Irpin near Kyiv.

More humanitarian corridors are reportedly being opened up -- in the north, Cherhihiv and Kharkiv, and in the south, Mariupol.

But Ukranian officials have accused Russia of breaking the ceasefires, with shelling still continuing along escape routes.

The BBC's Charlotte Gallagher spoke to Corin Dann from the western city of Lviv.