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Civilian evacuees from Azovstal plant reach Ukrainian-held city

Civilians were evacuated from the steelworks as part of a five-day operation coordinated by the UN [Ed Jones/AFP]

The first convoy of civilians to escape from a steel plant in Russian-occupied Mariupol has reached the relative safety of Ukraine-controlled Zaporizhzhia, as Russian forces launched a new  assault on the site.

The United Nations confirmed 127 civilians evacuated from the besieged plant and a nearby town arrived in the Ukrainian-controlled city, some 230km (140 miles) northwest of Mariupol, on Tuesday.

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