By Euronews with AP, AFP, Reuters
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The United Nations is working to evacuate more civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol.
A third evacuation effort was under way in Mariupol, the United Nations said, after two safe passage convoys earlier in the week evacuated nearly 500 people from the besieged Ukrainian port city.
The Ukrainian military had said earlier on Thursday that Russian forces had "resumed the offensive" to seize the large Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, where the city's last defenders are still resisting.
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