The metropolis council mentioned in a Telegram put up that the evacuation would recommence at 8 a.m. native time close to a shopping mall in Mariupol.
The announcement got here hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky introduced that the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol was underway.
Zelensky mentioned later Sunday that for the primary time, the important hall to evacuate civilians from the plant had began working, including that greater than 100 civilians had been evacuated.
After the evacuation of these civilians, the steel plant got here underneath hearth once more Sunday evening, based on a Ukrainian soldier in Mariupol who spoke to Ukrainian tv.
“The occupiers began firing on Azovstal again as soon as the evacuation of some Ukrainians was completed,” mentioned Denis Schlega, commander of the twelfth brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard. Schlega claimed they have been utilizing “all kinds of weapons.”
It was unclear Sunday night whether or not the renewed shelling would jeopardize the following stage of the evacuation from the steel plant.
Hundreds of individuals — dozens of whom are injured — are regarded as contained in the complicated, the final Ukrainian holdout within the metropolis following weeks of heavy Russian bombardment.
Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk mentioned, “The situation has become a sign of a real humanitarian catastrophe, because people are running out of water, food and medicine.”
An estimated 100,000 folks stay within the metropolis, officers have mentioned.
“The 1st group of about 100 people is already heading to the controlled area. Tomorrow we’ll meet them in Zaporizhzhia. Grateful to our team! Now they, together with #UN, are working on the evacuation of other civilians from the plant,” the Ukrainian President mentioned.
A convoy set off on Friday, touring 230 kilometers to succeed in Mariupol on Saturday morning, the ICRC mentioned in a press release.
“The ICRC insists on the fact that no details can be shared until the situation allows, as it could seriously jeopardize the safety of the civilians and the convoy. Relevant local authorities are communicating with the civilians about practical details,” the assertion added.
The Russian information company TASS, citing the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, reported that 80 civilians have been rescued from the “territory” of the Azovstal plant and evacuated to a Russian-controlled compound a number of miles away.
It’s unclear whether or not any of them got here from inside the plant itself.
“Civilians evacuated by Russian servicemen from the Azovstal plant, who wished to leave for areas controlled by the Kiev regime, were handed over to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross,” the ministry mentioned.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned in an interview on Italian tv Sunday that the “Kyiv authorities are trying by all means to achieve the withdrawal of the Ukrainian radicals remaining in Azovstal, since among them there may be western officers and mercenaries.”
There’s been no agency proof that western nationals are among the many fighters at Azovstal.
Lavrov mentioned: “The situation with the confrontation at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol and the stubborn, even hysterical desire of Zelensky, his team and his Western patrons to achieve the withdrawal of all these people and send them to the territory of Ukraine is explained by the fact that there are many characters who will confirm the presence of mercenaries and, perhaps, active officers of the Western armies on the side of the Ukrainian radicals.”
‘We pray that all the things works’
“If you have relatives or acquaintances in Mariupol, try to contact them by all ways. Call, text and say that it is possible to go to Zaporozhzhia, where it is safe,” the Council mentioned on Telegram, instructing civilians to satisfy round “Port City” procuring middle at 4 p.m.
“We pray that everything works,” it added.
A complete of 46 folks had left “residential buildings adjacent to Azovstal” and “were provided with accommodation and food,” TASS and RIA Novosti mentioned, quoting the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The Russian businesses didn’t disclose the place the evacuees have been being taken.
Capt. Svyatoslav Palamar, the deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, mentioned the ceasefire, which was supposed to start at 6 a.m., ended up beginning at 11 a.m.
Palamar mentioned 20 girls and youngsters had been taken to the “agreed meeting point,” within the hope that they might be evacuated to the “agreed destination” of Zaporizhzhia.
Correction: This story has been up to date to appropriately mirror when the evacuation of residents in Mariupol will recommence.
This story has been up to date with further info Sunday.
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