Ukraine Evacuates Civilians From Besieged Sumy, but Millions Remain Trapped by Fighting With Russia – WSJ

Ukraine evacuated convoys of civilians from the besieged northeastern city of Sumy on Tuesday, as renewed Russian shelling forced an interruption in evacuations and millions of people remained trapped in other areas cut off by the Russian advances.

With heavy fighting continuing across the country on day 13 of the Russian invasion, the civilian toll mounted, as did international efforts to find a way to press Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop the war. The number of people forced to escape Ukraine has now passed two million, with a further one million displaced inside the country after fleeing their homes, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.

The Biden administration is banning imports of Russian oil, the lifeblood of Moscow s economy, as well as Russian natural gas and other energy sources, President Biden said Tuesday at the White House, as Washington looks to inflict further economic pain on Mr. Putin, who has shown no indication he will bow to global condemnation of the war that he started.

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