First group from Mariupol gain safetyAP, ZAPORIZHZHIA, UkrainePeople fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardments and deprivations as they arrived yesterday in Ukrainian-held territory, where relief workers awaited the first group of civilians freed from a steel plant that is last redoubt of Ukrainian fighters in the devastated port city. More than 100 civilians from the plant were yesterday expected to arrive in Zaporizhzhia, 230km northwest of Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Photo: EPA-EFEThe evacuation, if successful, would represent rare progress in easing the human cost of the war, which has caused particular suffering in Mariupol. A Ukrainian woman from Mariupol cries after arriving at an evacuation center in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, yesterday. Many people have managed to flee Mariupol under their own steam in the past few weeks, but others have been unable to escape.

Source: Taipei Times May 02, 2022 21:59 UTC