Destroyed houses are photographed in Irpin, on the outskirts of Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday. A long-awaited attempt to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was under way on Sunday, the United Nations said, while US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she had visited the Ukrainian president to show unwavering support for the the country’s defense against the Russian attack. . UN humanitarian spokesman Saviano Abreu told the Associated Press that the operation to evacuate people from the extensive Azovstal steel plant was carried out with the International Committee of the Red Cross and in coordination with Ukrainian and Russian officials. As many as 100,000 people are believed to be still in the besieged Mariupol, including up to 1,000 civilians who were chased by about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters under the Soviet-era steel plant – the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians. Abreu described the situation as “very complicated” and gave no further details. Like other evacuations, the success of the Mariupol mission depended on Russia and its forces at a long series of checkpoints before reaching the Ukrainians. People who have fled the Russian-occupied territories have at times described their vehicles being shot at. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of bombing evacuation routes agreed upon by both sides. Russia’s high-risk attack on coastal southern Ukraine and the eastern industrial heart of the country has forced Ukrainian forces to fight village by village and more civilians to flee airstrikes and artillery bombardment as the war draws to a close. Pelosi, a Republican from California who is the second in line to succeed the president, is the highest-ranking US lawmaker to travel to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. Her visit on Saturday came just days after Russian rockets were fired at the capital during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. During a press conference Sunday in the Polish city of Rzeszow, Pelosi said she and other members of a US congressional delegation met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, for three hours and brought him a “message of appreciation.” the American people. for his leadership “. MP Jason Crowe, a U.S. Army veteran and member of the House Intelligence and Intelligence Services Committees, said he came to Ukraine with three areas of focus: “Guns, Guns and Weapons.” “We have to make sure that the Ukrainians have what they need to win. “What we have seen in the last two months is their savagery, their intense pride, their ability to fight and their ability to win if they have the support to do so,” said the Colorado Democrat. Russian forces have launched a major military operation to occupy key parts of southern and eastern Ukraine after failing to occupy Kyiv. Mariupol, a port city in the Sea of Azov, is a key target due to its strategic location near the Crimean peninsula, which Russia occupied from Ukraine in 2014. “All the leaders of the free world know what Russia has done in Mariupol. And Russia will not go unpunished for that,” Zelensky said in a video overnight speech. He warned that Russia was “gathering additional forces for new attacks against our army in the east of the country.” Limited evacuations from the city took place on Saturday, but details were unclear due to the number of parties involved in the negotiations and the unstable situation on the ground. The Russian Defense Ministry said a total of 46 people, a group of 25 and another 21, had been evacuated from areas near the Azovstal plant. A senior official of the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit defending the steel industry, said on Saturday that 20 women and children had been evacuated from the plant. The civilians have taken refuge in a labyrinth of underground tunnels while the factory was under siege. In a video posted on the constitution’s Telegram channel, Regiment Deputy Commander Sviatoslav Palamar called for the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian fighters as well as civilians. “We do not know why they are not moving away and their evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory is not being discussed,” he said. An Associated Press reporter saw women and children arriving in Bezimenne, a village controlled by Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, accompanied by representatives of the United Nations and the Red Cross. The UN has not confirmed that people were able to leave Mariupol on Saturday. Elsewhere in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, about 20 adults and children carrying bags along with their dogs and cats boarded a minibus Saturday in the town of Lyman, where at least half the population has fled Russian bombing, The van said. “Evacuation of children” in Ukrainian, rushed to the city of Dnipro as explosions were heard from afar. “The liberators came and set us free from what? Our lives? “Said Nina Mihaylenko, a professor of Russian language and literature, referring to Russian forces. Undaunted by air raid sirens and home-shelter warnings, people in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia visited cemeteries on Sunday as Ukrainians commemorated Orthodox Christian Day of the Dead. “If our dead could get up and see this, they would say, ‘It is not possible, they are worse than the Germans,’” said Hennadiy Bondarenko, 61, as he marked the day with his family at a picnic table in between. in the tombs. “All our dead would take part in the battles, including the Cossacks.” It was difficult to get a full picture of the unfolding battle in eastern Ukraine, as airstrikes and artillery barricades have made the circulation of journalists extremely dangerous. Both Ukraine and Moscow-backed rebels have also imposed severe restrictions on reports from the battle zone. However, Western military analysts have suggested that the attack in the Donbas area, which includes Mariupol, was proceeding much more slowly than planned. So far, Russian troops and separatists appear to have made only small gains in the month since Moscow said it would focus its military power on the east. Videos and images from inside the Mariupol steel plant, leaked to the Associated Press by two Ukrainians who said their husbands were among the fighters refusing to surrender there, show unknown men with stained bandages. others had open wounds or amputated limbs. The medical staff of the skeleton treated at least 600 wounded, the women said, who recognized their husbands as members of the Azov National Guard Regiment of Ukraine. Some of the wounds were rotting with gangrene, they said. The AP could not independently verify the date and location of the video, which the women said was taken last week in the maze of corridors and warehouses under the factory. Numerically, Russia’s military manpower far exceeds that of Ukraine. In the days before the start of the war, Western intelligence estimated that Russia had deployed up to 190,000 troops near the border. Ukraine’s permanent army totals about 200,000, spread across the country. With ample firepower still in reserve, Russia’s attack could still intensify and overwhelm the Ukrainians. In total, the Russian army has about 900,000 active-duty personnel. Russia also has a much larger air force and navy. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid have flowed into Ukraine since the start of the war, but Russia’s huge arsenal means Ukraine will continue to demand huge amounts of support.
title: “Evacuations In Progress In Mariupol Pelozi Visits Ukraine World News Klmat” ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-04” author: “James Vega”
The long-awaited evacuation of civilians from a besieged steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol began on Sunday as US Parliament Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed that she had visited the President of Ukraine to show unwavering US support for the country’s defense against Russia. . The video posted on the Internet by Ukrainian forces shows elderly women and mothers with young children wearing winter clothes being helped as they climbed into a steep pile of debris from the rubble of the vast Azovstal steel plant and then boarded a bus. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 100 civilians, mostly women and children, were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled town of Zaporizhzhia on Monday. “Today, for the first time in all the days of the war, this vital (humanitarian) corridor has started to work,” he said in a pre-recorded speech posted on the Telegram messaging application channel. The Mariupol city council told the Telegram that the evacuation of civilians from other areas of the city would begin on Monday morning. People who have left the Russian-occupied territories in the past have described their vehicles as being shot at, and Ukrainian officials have repeatedly accused Russian forces of bombing evacuation routes agreed upon by both sides. Later Sunday, one of the factory’s defenders said Russian forces continued to bomb the factory as soon as the evacuation of a group of civilians was completed. 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 trapped along with nearly 500 wounded soldiers and “many” dead bodies. “Dozens of young children are still in the warehouses under the factory,” Slegga said. “We need one or two more evacuation rounds.” An aide to the mayor of Mariupol also reported new bombing. “The shelling is such that even (on the other side of the river) the houses are shaking,” Petro Andriushenko wrote in a Telegram post. Up to 100,000 people may still be in the besieged Mariupol, including up to 1,000 civilians being chased by about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters under the Soviet-era steel plant – the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians. Mariupol, a port city in the Sea of Azov, is a key target due to its strategic location near the Crimean peninsula, which Russia occupied from Ukraine in 2014. UN humanitarian spokesman Saviano Abreu said the civilians, who had been stranded for almost two months, would receive immediate humanitarian assistance, including psychological services, as soon as they reached Zaporizhzhia, about 140 miles (230 kilometers) northwest of Mariupol. Mariupol has seen some of the worst suffering. A maternity hospital was hit by a deadly Russian airstrike in the first weeks of the war and about 300 people were reported killed in a bombing of a theater where civilians were taking refuge. A team of Médecins Sans Frontières was in a reception center for displaced persons in Zaporizhia, in preparation for the arrival of a UN escort. Stress, exhaustion and low food supplies have probably weakened civilians trapped underground in the factory. Meanwhile, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian regiment, Sviatoslav Palamar, called for the removal of wounded Ukrainian fighters as well as civilians. “We do not know why they are not moving away and their evacuation to Ukrainian-controlled territory is not being discussed,” he said in a video posted on the constitution’s Telegram channel on Saturday. Video from inside the steelworks, reported to the Associated Press by two Ukrainians who said their husbands were among the fighters who refused to surrender there, showed men with blood-stained bandages, open wounds or mutilated limbs, including some that looked like gangrene. The AP was unable to independently verify the location and date of the video, which the women said was taken last week. Meanwhile, Pelosi and other US lawmakers visited Kyiv on Saturday. She is the highest-ranking American lawmaker to travel to the country since the February 24 invasion of Russia. Her visit came days after Russian rockets were fired at the capital during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. MP Jason Crowe, a U.S. Army veteran and member of the House Intelligence and Intelligence Services Committees, said he came to Ukraine with three areas of focus: “Guns, Guns and Weapons.” In a televised speech Sunday night, Zelensky said more than 350,000 people had been evacuated from the war zones through humanitarian corridors agreed in advance with Moscow since the start of the Russian invasion. “The organization of humanitarian corridors is one of the elements of the negotiation process (with Russia), which is ongoing,” he said. Zelensky also accused Moscow of waging a “war of extermination”, saying Russian bombings had hit food, grain and fertilizer depots and residential neighborhoods in Kharkov, Donbass and other areas. “What could be Russia’s strategic success in this war?” Honestly, I do not know. “The ruined lives of people and the burnt or stolen property will not give anything to Russia.” In Zaporizhzhia, residents ignored air raid sirens and warnings to take refuge at home to visit cemeteries on Sunday, when Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Christian Day of the Dead. “If our dead could get up and see this, they would say, ‘It is not possible, they are worse than the Germans,’” said Hennadiy Bondarenko, 61, as he marked the day with his family at a picnic table in between. in the tombs. “All our dead would take part in the battles, including the Cossacks.” Russian forces have launched a major military operation to occupy key parts of southern and eastern Ukraine after failing to occupy the capital, Kyiv. Russia’s high-risk attack has Ukrainian forces fighting villages to the village and more civilians are fleeing airstrikes and artillery bombardment. Ukrainian intelligence officials have accused Russian forces of seizing medical facilities to treat wounded Russian soldiers in several occupied cities and of “destroying medical facilities, removing equipment and leaving the population without medical care.” It is difficult to get a complete picture of the unfolding battle in eastern Ukraine, because airstrikes and artillery barricades have made the circulation of journalists extremely dangerous. Both Ukraine and Moscow-backed rebels have also imposed severe restrictions on reports from the battle zone. However, Western military analysts have suggested that the attack was much slower than planned. So far, Russian troops and separatists appear to have made only small gains in the month since Moscow said it would focus its military force on the east. Hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid have flowed into Ukraine since the start of the war, but Russia’s huge arsenal means Ukraine will continue to demand huge amounts of support. With plenty of firepower still in reserve, Russia’s attack could intensify and overwhelm the Ukrainians. In total, the Russian army has about 900,000 active-duty personnel and a much larger air force and navy. In the Kursk region of Russia, which borders Ukraine, an explosive device destroyed a railway bridge on Sunday and a criminal investigation has been launched, the regional government said in a Telegram post. There have been several fires and explosions in recent weeks in Russian areas near the border, including Kursk. An ammunition depot in the Belgorod region burned down after explosions and authorities in the Voronezh region said an air defense system had shot down a drone. An oil storage facility in Bryansk was engulfed in fire a week ago.
