Ukraine war: More civilians rescued from Mariupol steel plant, as Russia strikes Lviv power plants

People with children wait after arriving from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol at a center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 3, 2022 - Copyright AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

By Euronews with AP, AFP

Published on 03/05/2022 - 07:10•Updated 22:59

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Russian strikes hit three power plants in the western city of Lviv on Tuesday evening causing some electricity blackouts.

Russian ground forces have attacked a massive steel plant in Mariupol, the last holdout of Ukraine's military in the city. A total of 127 people were evacuated from the Azovstal mill, and from the Mariupol area on Tuesday, in buses that arrived in government-controlled Zaporizhzia. The UN says some civilians who were rescued from Azovstal chose to stay behind and search for loved ones in the ruined city.

Meanwhile Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Tuesday evening, damaging three power plants in Lviv leaving the city partially without electricity. There was also strikes on the cities of Vinnytsia and Kirovograd in the centre of Ukraine, and Odesa in the south. Shelling at a chemical plant in Avdiivka, a city in eastern Ukraine, killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 more on Tuesday evening.