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An evacuation corridor from the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine will remain operational on Wednesday, regional governor Dmytro Zhyvytskyy said in a social media post.
“Friends! “The negotiating team worked all night and they expanded the humanitarian corridor operation from Sumy to Poltava today.” Zhyvytskyy said early Wednesday, adding that the corridor will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time.
People will be able to travel in their own vehicles, he added. Also, 22 buses used during Tuesday’s evacuation will return to the city from the central city of Poltava to assist evacuations from around 14:00 local time, he said.
“They are the same buses we had yesterday for the first transport column. “They will be used to transport pregnant women, women with children, the elderly and people with disabilities,” he added.
The corridor enabled about 5,000 civilians to evacuate the city on Tuesday, according to Deputy Chairman of the Ukrainian presidential office Kirill Tymoshenko.
Sumy has faced heavy attacks by Russian forces in recent days, with most of its population cut off from the rest of Ukraine. An overnight airstrike in the city on Monday killed at least 21 civilians.
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