Red Cross says more than 100 civilians managed to escape Mariupol but many are still trapped at steelworks
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Russian forces have shelled and attempted to storm the Azovstal steelworks, the last holdout of Ukrainian troops defending the stricken southern port city of Mariupol, as a first convoy of refugees from the sprawling plant reached the city of Zaporizhzhia.
Video footage showed thick smoke in the sky above the Soviet-era site, where officials said up to 200 civilians, including children, remained trapped in a network of underground bunkers and tunnels with up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
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