The Latest Breaking News from Mariupol

LVIV, Ukraine — Fresh from an unannounced visit to Kyiv, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Monday with the president of Poland, thanking him and his country for taking in the lion’s share of Ukrainians who have fled their country since the war there began.

About 100 people expected to reach Zaporizhzhia but efforts to rescue more survivors from horrific conditions delayed

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…

The artillery strike took place near the city of Zaporizhzhia in the south-eastern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

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

Civilians evacuated have been taken to both Russia-controlled and Ukraine-controlled territory

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were both captured within days of each other while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol last month

Evacuees have told media of dire conditions in bunkers and the terror they felt during relentless bombing.

Turkey’s president says the war in Ukraine shouldn’t negatively affect the tourism season