Zelensky says around 100 civilians are being evacuated from the Mariupol steel factory.

An evacuation of civilians from Mariupol was underway on Sunday as women and children confined to bunkers beneath a sprawling steel plant started to make their way to safety, according to Ukrainian officials and the United Nations.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that about 100 civilians were being evacuated from the Azovstal factory and are heading to a “controlled area.”

“Tomorrow we’ll meet them in Zaporizhzhia,” he wrote on Twitter. He said that they were working with the United Nations and other international groups to evacuate more people.

The International Committee of the Red Cross confirmed that it was assisting in a “safe passage operation” in coordination with the United Nations as well as Ukrainian and Russian authorities. Read more

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