Sumy: more than 500 international students trapped in Ukrainian town battered by shelling
by Emmanuel Akinwotu, Julian Borger and Lisa O'Carrol from World news | The Guardian on (#5WQV6)
Students, mostly Nigerian, stranded in town 40km from the northeast border which has become a war zone
More than 500 international students are trapped in Sumy, a town 40km from Ukraine's northeast border that has been battered by days of shelling by Russian forces.
Most of the students are Nigerian, while others are from Ghana, Ethiopia, Angola, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ireland, India, Lebanon and Turkey. They have all suddenly found themselves stranded in a war zone.
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