Buses packed with people fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine began a procession along a snowy road out of one city Tuesday, as a new effort to evacuate civilians along safe corridors finally got under way.
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The route out of the eastern city of Sumy was one of five promised by the Russians to offer civilians a way to escape the onslaught. Even as video posted by the Ukrainian state communications agency showed people with bags boarding buses, it was not clear how long the effort would last 

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