All women, children and elderly civilians have been evacuated from the bombed-out Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister has said.
Russian forces backed by tanks and artillery tried again on Saturday to storm Azovstal, part of a ferocious assault to dislodge the last Ukrainian defenders in the strategic port city on the Azov Sea.
A young man evacuated from Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol stands surounded by service members of pro-Russian troops and members of the International Committee of the Red Cross A pro-Russian troop stands guard as civilians are evacuated from Azovstal steel plant Mariupol has been left in ruins by weeks of Russian bombardment. Several groups of civilians have left the sprawling steel complex during pauses in fighting over the past week.
Evacuations of civilians from the plant began last weekend. But they were halted during the week by renewed fighting.It was not clear after the deputy prime minister’s statement on Saturday if civilian men were still in the complex.President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a late-night video address on Friday that Ukraine was also working on a diplomatic effort to save fighters barricaded inside the steel works.
President Vladimir Putin declared victory in Mariupol on April 21, ordered the plant sealed off and called for Ukrainian forces inside to disarm. But Russia later resumed its assault on the plant. Asked about plans for Russia to mark Monday’s anniversary in parts of Ukraine it holds, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Friday: ‘The time will come to mark Victory Day in Mariupol.’
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