Featured image of post The U.N. has confirmed that an operation to evacuate people from a steel plant in the bombed-out Ukrainian city of Mariupol is underway.

The U.N. has confirmed that an operation to evacuate people from a steel plant in the bombed-out Ukrainian city of Mariupol is underway.

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was underway Sunday, the United Nations said, while U.S.

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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was underway Sunday, the United Nations said, while U.S.

Highlights

  • A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol was underway Sunday.
  • U.S.
  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi revealed she visited Ukraine’s president to show unflinching American support.
  • She is the most senior American lawmaker to travel to Ukraine since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
  • Up to 1,000 civilians were trapped underground beneath the Soviet-era steel plant, the only part of the city not occupied by the Russians.