The video, posted online by Ukrainian forces on Sunday, shows elderly women and mothers with young children climbing over a steep pile of debris from the vast Azovstal steel plant and eventually boarding a bus. More than 100 civilians were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. The evacuation, if successful, would represent rare progress in reducing the human cost of the nearly 10-week war, which has caused particular pain in Mariupol. Previous attempts to open safe corridors from the Sea of Azov city and elsewhere have collapsed, with Ukrainian officials repeatedly blaming Russian forces for shootings and bombings along the agreed evacuation routes. “Today, for the first time in all the days of the war, this was vital [humanitarian] “The corridor has started to work,” Zelensky said in a pre-recorded speech posted on his Telegram messaging channel. CLOCKS The evacuation is ongoing, but questions remain about the next steps:
1st evacuated from Mariupol steel plant to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory
Ukrainian civilians trapped inside a steel plant in Mariupol, under siege by Russian forces for almost two months, began evacuating at the weekend and are set to reach Ukrainian-occupied territory. 5:32
Zelenski told Greek state television that the remaining citizens at the Mariupol steel plant were afraid to board buses because they believed they would be transported to Russia. He said he had been assured by the United Nations that they would be allowed to go to areas controlled by his government.
Dennis Slegka, commander of the 12th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, said in a televised interview Sunday night that several hundred civilians were still trapped along with nearly 500 wounded soldiers and “many” bodies.
“Dozens of young children are still in the warehouses below the factory,” Slegga said.
UN High Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Saviano Abreu said civilians arriving in Zaporizhia, about 230 kilometers northwest of Mariupol, would receive immediate support, including psychological services. A team of Médecins Sans Frontières was waiting for the UN to escort them to a reception center for displaced people in the city.
Meanwhile off the battlefield, European Union energy ministers met on Monday to discuss a new set of sanctions that could include restrictions on Russian oil – albeit members of the 27-nation bloc that depends on Russia, including Hungary and Slovakia, are wary. taking tough action.
Injured trapped in a steel mill
Up to 100,000 people may still be in Mariupol, including about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters under the extensive Soviet-era steel plant – the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians.
Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov, has seen some of the worst. A Russian airstrike hit a maternity hospital in the first weeks of the war and hundreds were killed when a theater was bombed.
The city is a key target due to its strategic location near the Crimean peninsula, which Russia occupied from Ukraine in 2014.
This satellite image shows damage to the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Sunday. The United Nations said Sunday it was trying to evacuate people safely from the city. (Planet Labs PBC / The Associated Press)
A Ukrainian official at the factory urged teams such as the United Nations and the Red Cross to ensure the evacuation of the wounded fighters, although he acknowledged that it was difficult for any of the wounded to reach.
“There are ruins. We do not have special equipment. It is difficult for soldiers to lift slabs that weigh tons only with their hands,” Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, told the AP. “We hear the voices of people who are still alive” inside shattered buildings.
Azov’s regiment was created as a far-right paramilitary unit and now belongs to the Ukrainian army.
Along with Azov’s constitution, Palamar said, Marines, police, border guards, coastguard and defend the factory. The bodies of the dead Ukrainian fighters remain inside the factory, he said, “because we believe we will be able to transport them to territories controlled by the Ukrainian government. We must do everything to bury heroes with honors.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces have hit dozens of military targets in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, including assemblies and an ammunition depot near Chervone in the Zaporizhzhia region west of the Donbas.
The brothers of the Ukrainian refugees from the Mariupol area are watching after their arrival at a recording center for internally displaced persons in Zaporizhia on Monday. (Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)
The information could not be independently verified. The office of the President of Ukraine announced that at least three people were killed and seven others, including a child, were injured in Donbas in the last 24 hours. The regional administration in Zaporizhzhia said at least two people were killed and four others were injured in Russian bombings in the city of Orikhiv.
It is difficult to capture a complete picture of the battle unfolding in eastern Ukraine. The fighting has made the circulation of journalists dangerous, and both sides have imposed strict restrictions on reports from the battle zone.
Russia has blocked the east, analysts say
The Ukrainian military claimed Monday that it had destroyed two small Russian patrol cars in the Black Sea. Drone footage posted on the internet showed what the Ukrainians described as two Russian Raptor boats exploding after being hit by rockets. The AP could not immediately confirm the strikes immediately. CLOCKS Pelosi, the last foreign official to visit Ukraine:
Canada has not yet sent officials to Kyiv as Ukraine strengthens its eastern positions
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest foreign official to visit Ukraine, and Canada has not yet sent a cabinet. Meanwhile, Ukraine is stepping up its positions in the east of the country, preparing for a major offensive by Russia. 2:13
However, Western military analysts have suggested that the Russian offensive is slower than planned. So far, Russian-backed Russian troops and separatists appear to have made only small gains since the start of the eastern offensive last month.
The British Ministry of Defense said in a daily update on Monday that it believes that more than a quarter of all the troops that Russia has deployed in Ukraine are “ineffective in battle”. This phrase refers to the ability of an army to wage war, which is affected by the loss of soldiers from wounds and death and by the destruction or destruction of equipment.
The British military believes Russia has committed more than 120 so-called “regular battalion groups” in the war since February, which accounts for 65 percent of Moscow’s total combat power.
Some of Russia’s most select forces have “suffered the highest levels of damage,” the ministry said in a Twitter post. “It will probably take years for Russia to rebuild these forces.”
Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid flow into Ukraine during the war, but Russia’s huge arsenal means that Ukraine still needs tremendous support. Zelensky called on the West for more weapons and tougher economic sanctions on Russia.
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The video, posted online by Ukrainian forces on Sunday, shows elderly women and mothers with young children climbing over a steep pile of debris from the vast Azovstal steel plant and eventually boarding a bus. More than 100 civilians were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. The evacuation, if successful, would represent rare progress in reducing the human cost of the nearly 10-week war, which has caused particular pain in Mariupol. Previous attempts to open safe corridors from the Sea of Azov city and elsewhere have collapsed, with Ukrainian officials repeatedly blaming Russian forces for shootings and bombings along the agreed evacuation routes. “Today, for the first time in all the days of the war, this was vital [humanitarian] “The corridor has started to work,” Zelensky said in a pre-recorded speech posted on his Telegram messaging channel. CLOCKS The evacuation is ongoing, but questions remain about the next steps:
1st evacuated from Mariupol steel plant to reach Ukrainian-controlled territory
Ukrainian civilians trapped inside a steel plant in Mariupol, under siege by Russian forces for almost two months, began evacuating at the weekend and are set to reach Ukrainian-occupied territory. 5:32
Zelenski told Greek state television that the remaining citizens at the Mariupol steel plant were afraid to board buses because they believed they would be transported to Russia. He said he had been assured by the United Nations that they would be allowed to go to areas controlled by his government.
Dennis Slegka, commander of the 12th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, said in a televised interview Sunday night that several hundred civilians were still trapped along with nearly 500 wounded soldiers and “many” bodies.
“Dozens of young children are still in the warehouses below the factory,” Slegga said.
UN High Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs Saviano Abreu said civilians arriving in Zaporizhia, about 230 kilometers northwest of Mariupol, would receive immediate support, including psychological services. A team of Médecins Sans Frontières was waiting for the UN to escort them to a reception center for displaced people in the city.
Meanwhile off the battlefield, European Union energy ministers met on Monday to discuss a new set of sanctions that could include restrictions on Russian oil – albeit members of the 27-nation bloc that depends on Russia, including Hungary and Slovakia, are wary. taking tough action.
Injured trapped in a steel mill
Up to 100,000 people may still be in Mariupol, including about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters under the extensive Soviet-era steel plant – the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians.
Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of Azov, has seen some of the worst. A Russian airstrike hit a maternity hospital in the first weeks of the war and hundreds were killed when a theater was bombed.
The city is a key target due to its strategic location near the Crimean peninsula, which Russia occupied from Ukraine in 2014.
This satellite image shows damage to the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Sunday. The United Nations said Sunday it was trying to evacuate people safely from the city. (Planet Labs PBC / The Associated Press)
A Ukrainian official at the factory urged teams such as the United Nations and the Red Cross to ensure the evacuation of the wounded fighters, although he acknowledged that it was difficult for any of the wounded to reach.
“There are ruins. We do not have special equipment. It is difficult for soldiers to lift slabs that weigh tons only with their hands,” Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, told the AP. “We hear the voices of people who are still alive” inside shattered buildings.
Azov’s regiment was created as a far-right paramilitary unit and now belongs to the Ukrainian army.
Along with Azov’s constitution, Palamar said, Marines, police, border guards, coastguard and defend the factory. The bodies of the dead Ukrainian fighters remain inside the factory, he said, “because we believe we will be able to transport them to territories controlled by the Ukrainian government. We must do everything to bury heroes with honors.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry says its forces have hit dozens of military targets in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours, including assemblies and an ammunition depot near Chervone in the Zaporizhzhia region west of the Donbas.
The brothers of the Ukrainian refugees from the Mariupol area are watching after their arrival at a recording center for internally displaced persons in Zaporizhia on Monday. (Ueslei Marcelino / Reuters)
The information could not be independently verified. The office of the President of Ukraine announced that at least three people were killed and seven others, including a child, were injured in Donbas in the last 24 hours. The regional administration in Zaporizhzhia said at least two people were killed and four others were injured in Russian bombings in the city of Orikhiv.
It is difficult to capture a complete picture of the battle unfolding in eastern Ukraine. The fighting has made the circulation of journalists dangerous, and both sides have imposed strict restrictions on reports from the battle zone.
Russia has blocked the east, analysts say
The Ukrainian military claimed Monday that it had destroyed two small Russian patrol cars in the Black Sea. Drone footage posted on the internet showed what the Ukrainians described as two Russian Raptor boats exploding after being hit by rockets. The AP could not immediately confirm the strikes immediately. CLOCKS Pelosi, the last foreign official to visit Ukraine:
Canada has not yet sent officials to Kyiv as Ukraine strengthens its eastern positions
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the latest foreign official to visit Ukraine, and Canada has not yet sent a cabinet. Meanwhile, Ukraine is stepping up its positions in the east of the country, preparing for a major offensive by Russia. 2:13
However, Western military analysts have suggested that the Russian offensive is slower than planned. So far, Russian-backed Russian troops and separatists appear to have made only small gains since the start of the eastern offensive last month.
The British Ministry of Defense said in a daily update on Monday that it believes that more than a quarter of all the troops that Russia has deployed in Ukraine are “ineffective in battle”. This phrase refers to the ability of an army to wage war, which is affected by the loss of soldiers from wounds and death and by the destruction or destruction of equipment.
The British military believes Russia has committed more than 120 so-called “regular battalion groups” in the war since February, which accounts for 65 percent of Moscow’s total combat power.
Some of Russia’s most select forces have “suffered the highest levels of damage,” the ministry said in a Twitter post. “It will probably take years for Russia to rebuild these forces.”
Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid flow into Ukraine during the war, but Russia’s huge arsenal means that Ukraine still needs tremendous support. Zelensky called on the West for more weapons and tougher economic sanctions on Russia.
