people who managed to escape the southern city of mariupol have been talking about desperate scenes as a result of the russian siege. shops and pharmacies were looted as food and water ran out. a column of about 100 private cars fled the city after russia shelled an agreed evacuation corridor. millions of people are fleeing the war to the neighbouring countries. according to the polish border guard agency, more than 1.75 million people have fled ukraine to poland since the war began. on sunday, 82,100 people crossed the border. about a million have remained in poland and officials there say the country is struggling to cope. as the fourth round of peace talks between moscow and kyiv begin, ukraine hints at progress in the negotiations. the deputy head of office for president zelensky says he believes that moscow s position is more constructive now than it had been previously. a russian delegate has also said draft agreements could be reached, but it s not clear what areas these would c