The Latest Breaking News from Azovstal

Volodymyr Zelenskiy says 156 people managed to escape Mariupol while Red Cross says many are still trapped at steelworks

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces launched a major assault Tuesday on the Azovstal steel plant, the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in the devastated southern port city of Mariupol, as 101 civilians who had been trapped in the site for weeks were finally brought to safety.

A ceasefire allowing civilians to evacuate from a besieged steel works in Mariupol has broken down, with Ukrainian fighters reporting a renewed Russian assault.

Ukraine is calling for all of the 200 or so civilians to be rescued from the steel plant

The head of the Red Cross in Ukraine said on Tuesday that an unknown number of civilians remained trapped in Mariupol and surrounding areas after it evacuated more than 100 civilians from the Azovstal plant.

Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine) (AFP) - Russian forces launched an offensive Tuesday against the Azovstal steel plant, the last hold-out of Ukrainian forces in the battered southern port city of Mariupol, after a ceasefire that had allowed civilians to evacuate.

Evacuees from besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol reach Zaporizhzhia; Russia attacks steel works where 200 people remain trapped

Evacuees described the dire conditions in the Mariupol bunkers, where up to 200 reportedly remain trapped

A Ukrainian fighter holed up the city of Mariupol said on Monday that up to 200 civilians remained trapped inside bunkers in the Azovstal steel works after an evacuation operation led by the United Nations to save civilians from the site.

The first evacuees from the ruins of Mariupol's Azovstal steel works were expected to arrive in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia later on Monday after weeks of cowering from Russian shelling in underground bunkers.

Russia resumed shelling of the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday as soon as buses evacuating civilians from the plant had left, an aide to the city's mayor said on Monday.