Mariupol women and children escape from Russians
Ukrainians showed their mettle Saturday, successfully completing an operation to evacuate civilians from a steel plant amid a bombardment from Russian invaders.
All women, children, and elderly civilians were pulled from the besieged Azovstal plant in the strategically valuable port city of Mariupol, the culmination of a week of stop-and-go rescue efforts.
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The status of the Ukrainian troops who had been forced into tunnels within the plant, as well as the civilian men, is unclear. Civilians and troops had been trapped in the plant for weeks as Russian forces battled to gain control of the city, which would give them access to valuable ports on the Azov Sea.
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It looks like only the fighters remain in the Mariupol area. The Russians have had to expend significant combat power to get to this point in the city.
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