saying it would raise serious concerns for nato. on day 14 of the war in ukraine, a fresh ceasefire is expected, to allow more civilians to flee to relative safety via humanitarian corridors out of besieged cities. this map shows the areas, here in solid red, which are under russian military control. the striped areas show russian advances. some 7,000 people were evacuated from the city of sumy in the north east yesterday. the city has seen fierce russian
confirmed reports, now, that they are targeting civilians, as they try to leave the cities, some of which are happening in these so carloads humanitarian corridors. one of those corners did function from the city of sumy, 35,000 people were able to get out, the bad news on that though where that a lot of people just end up in kyiv where as richard angles is reporting people in the suburbs are now moving into the interior of the city, because they do not trust, for all the reason nissan is reporting that the roads are safe. civilians just don t believe that they will be better off in their car sometimes, they are in a basement. i had to, that we have more and more reporting from these nuclear sites. chernobyl has been taken off the grid, the i eight yay saying they don t believe that there is a danger there. but we re also seeing that at that conflicts submarine sia power plant that has also been taken away in off the grid that
conflict. russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. he will address parliament here tomorrow, likely with more plans on how he intends to save the economy. david? james longman in moscow tonight. james, thank you. and now to the refugee crisis. more than 2 million ukrainians have now escaped their country and the images just today. tens of thousands fleeing in the middle of these fragile cease-fires, their terrifying escape during daylight hours. at one point is, russian snipers shooting at their cars. matt gutman from lviv, ukraine, tonight. reporter: tonight, that new desperate escape. russian army crushed our city. reporter: more than 2.1 million have now fled. this is the town of sumy in northeastrn ukraine under fire for two weeks. those rescues in the rubble. thousands bolting during that daylight cease-fire. nearly 40 hours later arriving in lviv.by o nd whos
details throughout the programme. it s tuesday, 8th march. ukrainian civilians are still being prevented from evacuating besieged cities, including the capital kyiv, as russian shelling continues. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky has vowed to fight on for as long as it takes and will address mps in parliament later today. overnight, there have been reports of loud explosions in the port city of odesa and ukrainian military officials say on the city of sumy. james reynolds has the latest. explosions. ukraine s emergency services have posted these pictures of oil depots in the north western city of zhytomyr, reported to have been hit in overnight air strikes. the footage has not been independently verified. the russian military continues to bombard ukrainian towns and cities. many ukrainians are forced to flee.
fired on civilians as they were trying to leave the city. richard engel, thank you. just this morning, president zelenskyy posted a new video, renewing his defiant message in the face of russian invasion. telling ukrainians, quote, we will win. but in the midst of this crisis, the world health organization is now warning that attacks on ukrainian hospitals have rapidly increased and vital supplies like oxygen and ppe are running low. joining us now, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin, live in lviv. erin, tell us what you re seeing there. hey, jose. well, i ve been speaking to some civilians who have been trapped in the city of sumy, which is located about 18 miles from the russian border. it has been besieged for days and i ve been speaking to civilian who is described a night of terror last night, according to ukrainian officials, russian forces dropped thousand-pound bombs on residential areas, killing at least 21 civilians, including