20 civilians leave Mariupol Azovstal site: Ukraine regiment

A group of 20 civilians is leaving the Azovstal steelworks, wherein the final Ukrainian troops are holed up inside the Black Sea port of Mariupol, the squaddies there stated Saturday.

“Twenty civilians, women and children… have been transferred to a suitable place and we hope that they will be evacuated to Zaporizhzhia, on territory controlled by Ukraine,” said Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov regiment.

Earlier Saturday, a correspondent from Russia’s TASS news employer mentioned from the city that 25 civilians — such as six youngsters younger than 14 — had to stop the website online.

Russian President Vladimir Putin remaining week ordered a blockade of the steelworks, where several hundred Ukrainian squaddies and civilians are nonetheless sheltering in the maze of Soviet-era underground tunnels. Much require scientific interest.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky had repeatedly warned that if Russian forces killed the last remaining troops there, that would spell the end of any peace talks.