Mariupol: Ukraine doing everything to save remaining fighters

Ukraine is doing "everything possible and impossible" to save the remaining fighters trapped in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, a senior official has said.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Kyiv knew how many soldiers were still at the plant, but stressed that it was "sensitive information".

On Monday, 264 fighters - many badly wounded - were evacuated to areas held by Russian-backed rebels.

On Tuesday, another seven buses were seen leaving the site, Reuters said.

It added that the convoy later arrived in Olenivka, a village held by pro-Russian rebels in the eastern Donbas region. read more