The Latest Breaking News from Sumy

KOCHI: After 13 days of uncertainty, as many as 694 Indian students, including nearly 400 Malayalis, finally left the war-torn Sumy city in Ukraine as the Indian embassy managed to successfully carry out their evacuation when Russia announced a ceasefire in five cities again on Tuesday.

In tonight's edition: African citizens are amongst the thousands of people evacuated from the besieged Ukrainian city of Sumy. Hundreds of students from the continent had been stuck in the city since Russian forces invaded. Also, as the world celebrates International Women's Day, we hear from some of the Kenyan…

As a Russian ceasefire was announced, Ukrainian civilians began to flee besieged cities like Sumy and Irpin as the total number of refugees reaches two million, according to the UN.

Of the 700 students, 18 are from Telangana

Students from India and China, allies of Russia, have been evacuated.

A second convoy of evacuees left the Ukrainian city of Sumy through a "humanitarian corridor" created under a temporary ceasefire agreement with Russia on Tuesday, Ukraine's deputy presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Tymoshenko said.

Images taken at the scene in the Ukrainian city of Sumy showcase the devastating aftermath of the Russian attack, with small bodies being pulled from the rubble.

KYIV, Ukraine — Residents of the besieged Ukrainian city of Sumy began evacuating through a designated safe corridor Tuesday despite unease over whether Russian bombing could resume without warning.

The students were being taken to Poltava, from where they will board trains to western Ukraine