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Race to rescue civilians trapped in Mariupol steel plant as battle rages

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Some 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are believed to be holed up beneath Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. Ukraine said a few hundred civilians were also trapped there.

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  1. Dozens more civilians rescued from Ukrainian steel plant

    Headline from CBS News ·

  2. Russia storms steel plant in Mariupol as some evacuees reach safety

    Headline from CBS News ·

  3. Newest

    Race to rescue civilians trapped in Mariupol steel plant as battle rages

    Headline from Fox7 Austin ·

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  1. Forbes

    Several Women And Children Evacuated From Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant, Ukrainian And Russian Officials Say (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    At least 46 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal Steel Plant, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

  2. Digital Journal

    Dozens of civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Roughly 100 civilians have been evacuated from the besieged Mariupol steel plant in eastern Ukraine and are heading out of Russian-controlled territory,

  3. PBS NewsHour

    Evacuations underway from Mariupol steel plant, UN says (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    As many as 100,000 people are believed to still be in blockaded Mariupol, including up to 1,000 civilians who were hunkered down with an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters beneath the Soviet-era steel plant - the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Cry for help for people trapped in Mariupol steel plant | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Some civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol — but hundreds remain stuck inside. Families of those still trapped in the port town have gathered in Kyiv, so they would not be forgotten.

  5. CNN

    Evacuation from besieged Mariupol steel plant underway (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    The evacuation of civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol is underway, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Dozens of civilians escape besieged steelworks in Mariupol (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Civilians brought out of Azovstal after a night of heavy Russian attacks on the last Ukrainian stronghold in Mariupol.

  7. Digital Journal

    Ukraine to evacuate more civilians from besieged Mariupol (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    The plant has endured a Russian blockade since Moscow's invasion on February 24, with stories of the harsh conditions in besieged Mariupol.

  8. France 24

    Live: Civilians attempt evacuation from Ukraine’s besieged Mariupol (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Ukrainian authorities are planning further evacuations from Mariupol on Monday, following an initial operation to remove around 100 civilians from the besieged Azovstal steel plant. Meanwhile, in Brussels,…

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 100 civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant — as it happened | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Dozens of civilians have been evacuated from the bunkers of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine's president confirmed. Meanwhile, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks in Kyiv. Follow DW for the latest.

  10. Deutsche Welle

    Ukraine: Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steel plant | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Ukraine says more than 100 civilians were evacuated from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. The plant is the last part of the city not occupied by Russian forces. Hundreds more people remain trapped there.

  11. PBS NewsHour

    First Ukrainian civilians escape Mariupol steel plant, hundreds remain (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    PBS NewsHour's feed description

    People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardments and deprivation as they arrived in Ukrainian-held territory.

  12. Sofrep

    Civilians Evacuated From Bombed Out Mariupol Steel Plant (opens Sofrep)

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    Sofrep's feed description

    Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a cease-fire to allow civilians trapped in and below the steelworks in Mariupol to be evacuated.

  13. France 24

    Dozens of civilians evacuated from besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Roughly 100 civilians have been evacuated from a besieged steel plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.

  14. Local News 8

    Ukrainians trapped in Azovstal steel plant consider desperate measures as Russians close in (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Erin Burnett, Sahar Akbarzai and Rhea Mogul, CNN As Russian forces close in on the Azovstal steel plant, the Ukrainian civilians and resistance fighters holed up in the last bastion of Mariupol are facing “nonstop” bombardment and running dangerously low on supplies — forcing some to consider des…

  15. Southern Minnesota

    Civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant (opens Southern Minnesota)

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    ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russia resumed pulverizing the Mariupol steel mill that has become the last stronghold of resistance in the bombed-out city, Ukrainian fighters said Monday, after a brief cease-fire

  16. Politico

    Civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant head for safety (opens Politico)

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    Russia resumed attacks on the plant.

  17. Daily Hampshire Gazette

    Civilians rescued from Mariupol head for safety (opens Daily Hampshire Gazette)

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    Daily Hampshire Gazette's feed description

    ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russia resumed pulverizing the Mariupol steel mill that has become the last stronghold of resistance in the bombed-out city, Ukrainian fighters said Monday, after a brief cease-fire over the weekend allowed the first evacuation...

  18. CNN

    Ukrainian fighter trapped in steel plant: "If we run out of food, we'll be catching birds" (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    More than 100 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and more evacuations are expected on Monday. Follow here for live updates.

  19. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Civilians From Mariupol Reach Ukrainian-Held City as Russian Forces Storm Steel Plant (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    The first convoy of civilians to escape a decimated steel plant in Mariupol reached relative safety in a Ukrainian-controlled city on Tuesday. The United Nations said a127 civilians evacuated from the plant and a nearby town arrived in Zaporizhzhia.

  20. Sofrep

    Russian Forces Storm Mariupol Azovstal Steel Plant After Civilian Evacuation (opens Sofrep)

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    As Ukrainian evacuees arrived safely in Zaporizhzhia, the Russian forces stormed the Azovstal steel plant in an effort to capture Mariupol completely.

  21. Daily Hampshire Gazette

    Russian forces storm Mariupol plant (opens Daily Hampshire Gazette)

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    Daily Hampshire Gazette's feed description

    ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine — Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant reached relative safety and...

  22. Athens The News Courier

    Russia storms Mariupol plant as some evacuees reach safety (opens Athens The News Courier)

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    Athens The News Courier's feed description

    Ukrainian fighters say Russian forces have begun storming a sprawling steel plant in the besieged port city of Mariupol. Tuesday's onslaught came as scores of civilians who had been evacuated

  23. CBS News

    Russia storms steel plant in Mariupol as some evacuees reach safety (opens CBS News)

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    Russian troops also shelled a chemical plant in the eastern city of Avdiivka, killing at least 10 people, Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.

  24. Washington Times

    Russian forces breach Mariupol steelwork plant: Reports (opens Washington Times)

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    Russian forces launched another assault Thursday on holdout fighters at the Azovstal steelwork plant in Mariupol, a city that is key to President Vladimir Putin’s push to put southeastern Ukraine under his control.

  25. Deutsche Welle

    Reports of heavy fighting at Azovstal steel plant | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Russia says it will impose a three-day ceasefire at the besieged steel plant in Mariupol to allow more civilians to escape. But according to Ukrainian forces there has been no let-up in Russia's attacks on the Azovstal mill.

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