Mariupol mayor says more than 200 civilians still in Ukrainian city’s vast steel plant

Smoke rises above a plant of Azovstal Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol

KYIV (Reuters) – More than 200 civilians are still holed up with fighters in a huge steel plant in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, city mayor Vadym Boychenko said on Tuesday.

He said a total of about 100,000 civilians were still in the southern Ukrainian city that has been occupied by Russian forces.

(Reporting by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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