The first civilians fleeing the besieged steel plant that has been Mariupol's last holdout have reached relative safety in a Ukrainian-controlled city
The first civilians fleeing the besieged steel plant that has been Mariupol's last holdout have reached relative safety in a Ukrainian-controlled city.
The successful evacuation follows weeks of failed efforts to help those trapped in the key port city, which is almost entirely under Russian control. It comes as Russian forces launch a renewed attack on the Azovstal plant, where hundreds of civilians have been sheltering for weeks with Mariupol's last Ukrainian defenders.
Even with the Kremlin's invasion struggling to make progress, a senior U.S. official has warned that Moscow will try to annex large parts of eastern Ukraine as soon as this month as it seeks to bring swaths of the country under its control for the long term.
Kyiv's fierce defense has helped rally Western allies to offer growing support, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressing the country's parliament in a speech that hailed "Ukraine's finest hour."
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