Evacuation efforts stall after first civilians leave besieged Mariupol steel plant | ITV News

The first wave of civilians trapped for weeks in a Mariupol steel plant reached a Ukrainian-controlled city on Monday, though evacuation efforts soon ran into delays. As many as 100,000 people may still be in Mariupol, including an estimated 2,000 Ukrainian fighters beneath the Azovstal steel plant – the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians. Video posted on Sunday by Ukrainian forces showed elderly women and mothers with small children climbing over debris out of the Soviet-era facility and eventually boarding a bus. Read more here: https://www.itv.com/news/2022-05-02/e... • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Twitter:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews