Ukraine war: UN works to evacuate more civilians from Mariupol

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022.
Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Copyright AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov
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.

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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.

See the top updates from the day in the blog below.

For a summary of Wednesday's events in the war in Ukraine, click here.

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