KYIV, Ukraine — A furious bid was underway Friday to rescue hundreds of civilians still trapped in the besieged Azovstal steel plant, where Ukrainian soldiers sheltering in a maze of underground tunnels have prevented Russian forces from fully capturing the strategic port city of Mariupol.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of “torturing to death” those still inside the sprawling complex.
Others in his government, though, still held out hopes of plucking a few more to safety.
