On Friday, 50 civilians were evacuated from the heavily besieged Azovstal factory in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk reported this. The evacuation continues today, the deputy prime minister said. According to Kiev, Moscow wants to conquer this last source of resistance in Mariupol by Monday. On May 9, Russia will celebrate the 77th anniversary of the victory over Adolf Hitler’s Germany in World War II. Follow all developments around the conflict in Ukraine in our live blog.
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