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The evacuation of civilians from a steelworks in Mariupol, a city in southern Ukraine that was under siege by Russian troops, has begun in earnest.
The Russian army is strengthening its offensive against the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, but it is known that the operation has not made much progress.
This is reporter Yoo Soo-hwan.
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Dozens of people, from children to women and dogs, are evacuating with their luggage.
"The evacuation of Azoustal civilians has begun," Ukrainian President Zelensky said on social media.
About 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have been evacuated from the Azoustal Works, built during the Soviet era.
It is said that several parts of the Azoustal Works were destroyed by the concentrated Russian attack, and they are suffering from a lack of fuel as water and electricity are cut off.
The Russian military, which has been intensively attacking the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, announced that it had attacked a hangar near a military airfield near the port city of Odessa in southern Ukraine with a missile, destroying weapons supplied by the United States and Europe.
It is known that the level of threat is increasing, such as disclosing nuclear war scenarios, but there is no significant progress in military operations.
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Ukraine's capital Kiiu with a delegation on Saturday to meet with President Zelensky.
Famous American actress Angelina Jolie also made a surprise visit to Lviv, Ukraine on Saturday, but was evacuated after an airstrike alert sounded.