inside infrastructure, and based on that collateral damage estimate, we govern what type of weapon is used and that could be a precision guided £500 bomb from an aircraft, it could be an artillery shell, something that is precision and the whole thing will be built around minimising collateral. if there are civilians in the area or near the target, then that strike will not be approved or authorised because thatis approved or authorised because that is against the geneva convention. in the north east of ukraine, in the city of sumy, thousands of civilians are escaping to relative safety after the russians agreed to a humanitarian route. some 7,000 people were evacuated from the city on tuesday, including hundreds of international students who were taken to safety in two convoys of buses and cars. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in poltava, where people have been arriving from sumy. they ve not eaten like
the most vulnerable. 71 babies from the north eastern town of sumy, they had been sheltering on a bunker under russian bombardment for several weeks but have now been moved to somewhere at least relatively safe. jon donnison, bbc news. from our positions across the country would continue to monitor what is happening in mariupol. my colleague james waterhouse is in kyiv,the capital, and he has this update us on the latest situation in the besieged city of mariupol. information as ever when it comes coming out of the southeast is very difficult to verify straightaway, but nevertheless we have another claim from authorities in mariupol that a building where people were taking shelter from the constant bombardment that has now been targeted itself.
ou for line, they are the front line. thank you forjoining line, they are the front line. thank you forjoining us. line, they are the front line. thank you forjoining us. lyse line, they are the front line. thank you forjoining us. lyse doucet- line, they are the front line. thank you forjoining us. lyse doucet in l you forjoining us. lyse doucet in kyiv. in the north east of ukraine, in the city of sumy, thousands of civilians are escaping to relative safety after the russians agreed to a humanitarian route. some 7,000 people were evacuated from the city yesterday, including hundreds of international students who were ta ken to safety in two convoys of buses and cars. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in poltava, where people have been arriving from sumy. they ve not eaten like this for two weeks. because these children have been hiding beneath ground, as their city above was bombed and shelled by russian troops. this morning, they made it to safety. their care
video from his office for the first time since the invasion began, almost daring the russians to come find him. russian forces continue to press towards ukraine s capital. they have intensified their bombardment, surrounding the city and its suburbs. russia is also drastically increased its attack on civilian targets. in the overnight hours, a russian airstrike hits the city of sumy. at least 21 civilians were killed, including two children. nbc s eritrea angle reports from the outside skirts of kyiv. where the shelling got so bad, they had to evacuate an entire hospital. some russia is also devastating the suburb of irpin, driving thousands into the capitol. ukrainian forces have been holding out against russian troops in irpin, which is just on the edge of kyiv, but today they have decided to evacuate all the patients from the hospital and all the medical staff. those coming out of irpin
the fifth straight day where they tried to take advantage of what was supposed to be a humanitarian corridor, to get supplies in and to get people out. it didn t work. but in a lull in the fighting, because there are so many dead bodies lining there are so many dead bodies lining the streets, there was a mass burial. 70 people were buried today, no ceremony, no families. in this war, now in its third week, there is no dignity for the dead, and for the living, there s growing danger, growing but also, growing defiance. lyse doucet, there, reporting from kyiv, thank you. in the north east of ukraine, in the city of sumy, thousands of civilians are escaping to relative safety after the russians agreed to a humanitarian route. some 7,000 people were evacuated from there yesterday, including hundreds of international students. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford