Around 100 civilians ‘remain trapped in Azovstal steel plant’ in Mariupol

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol

(Picture: AP)

Around 100 civilians still remain trapped at the Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukrainian officials have said, despite reports that all had been evacuated.

Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks on Tuesday that those left behind are the civilians that “the Russians have not selected.”