Ukraine invasion: ‘I had to leave my parents in Sumy’on March 9, 2022 at 11:02 am

Civilians leave the besieged Ukrainian city, parts of which have been wiped out.

Civilians have been fleeing the city of Sumy, leaving on buses during a ceasefire.

Sumy is close to the Russian border and frontline and has experienced heavy shelling, with power and water cut off.

The BBC’s Sarah Rainsford met some of those arriving in Poltava, in central Ukraine.