[LIVE] War in Ukraine: the last civilians were able to get out of Azovstal but the siege is not over
Smoke over the Azovstal metallurgical complex in Mariupol, hit by a strike, May 7, 2022. AP - Alexei Alexandrov
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On the 73rd day of the Russian invasion in Ukraine this Sunday, May 8, women, children and the elderly were all evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of resistance of the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, a port city devastated by the fighting with the Russians, kyiv announced on Saturday.
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The main points:
► All
children, women and the elderly
were able to leave the huge Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of resistance of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol on Saturday, announced the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister.
Kiev said "
nearly 500 civilians
" had been evacuated from the plant in recent days.
► Supporting images, Ukrainian forces claim to have
sunk a new Russian ship
in the Black Sea.
Information that Moscow has not confirmed.
► The
counter-offensive
launched by Ukrainian forces several days ago in the Kharkiv region is progressing, analysts say.
► Final rehearsals took place on Saturday before the traditional
military parade on May 9
in Moscow celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany, which will be the occasion for a show of force in the middle of the struggling Ukrainian campaign.
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