WATCH: View of Kyiv skyline as Russian forces continue to encircle cities across Ukraine

Russia said Tuesday it was opening humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from several besieged Ukrainian cities after Ukraine accused Moscow of violating previous cease-fires and shelling people who were trying to flee to safety.

Russia said the routes were from cities including Ukraine’s second largest, Kharkiv, and hard-hit Mariupol — and that evacuees from Kyiv would be flown to Russia after arriving in Gomel, Belarus. Ukraine has rejected the idea of evacuation corridors leading to Russia or its ally, Belarus, and said Tuesday that the only agreed routes were for regions in Ukraine. Read more: https://wapo.st/3sQ8xdp. Subscribe to The Washington Post on YouTube: https://wapo.st/2QOdcqK

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