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U.N. again trying to evacuate civilians from Ukraine's Mariupol

A third operation is under way to evacuate civilians from the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and the besieged Azovstal steel plant, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the U.N. Security Council on Thursday.

Reuters · May 5, 2022

VIDEO: Russian Troops Attack Azovstal Plant To Suppress Surprise Attack

The video was filmed at the Azovstal iron and steelworks plant in the city of Mariupol.

Zenger · May 5, 2022

Moment Russia fires thermobaric weapons on steelworks as contact lost with defenders

Russian troops stormed the plant on April 19 and destroyed large areas, however, pockets of organised resistance fighters remain at the plant

Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022

First Civilians Leave Mariupol Steel Plant; Hundreds Remain

The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety Monday, as others who managed to escape the city described terrifying weeks of bombardment and deprivation. More than 100 civilians - including elderly women…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022

Ukraine to Evacuate More Civilians from Besieged Mariupol

Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol on Monday, after dozens were finally brought to safety following weeks trapped under heavy fire in the strategic port city's Azovstal steel complex. The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on February 24, with stories of the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022

Ukraine hopes to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol steelworks

Zelenskiy said about 100 civilians evacuated after weeks sheltering in the Azovstal complex would arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Zelensky hails 'vital corridor' as evacuations begin in Mariupol - full speech in English

The president praised those who are helping with the evacuations

Wales Online · May 1, 2022

Russian forces pummel Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol steel plant - mayoral aide

Russian forces were on Wednesday pounding a huge steel works in Mariupol where the southern Ukrainian city's last defenders and some civilians are holed up, a local official said.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2022

Inside Mariupol's factory of horrors with survivors 'left to rot' as supplies dwindle

Ukrainian soldiers, including members of the Azov Battalion, are hole up inside the Azovstal steel plant and refusing to surrender to the surrounding Russian forces

Daily Mirror · Apr 26, 2022

Russia says it will halt hostilities to let civilians leave besieged steel plant on Monday

Russia's defence ministry said its troops would halt hostilities to allow civilians to leave the besieged steel plant Azovstal in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol from 1400 Moscow time (1100 GMT) on Monday.

Reuters · Apr 25, 2022