All women, children, and elderly civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant, Ukraine Deputy Prime Minister says

All civilians, including women, children, and elderly individuals, were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Saturday.

The order of the president has been done, according to the deputy prime minister.

According to CNN, Mariupol Patrol Police Chief Mykhailo Verhynin said that Ukrainian forces are still inside the plant, despite the fact that they are blocked by Russian troops.

Insider reported earlier this week that Russian troops have been attacking the last stronghold of the country, where civilians have been trapped for weeks. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops not to storm the steel plant out of concern for the safety of his country's forces.

This is the case when we have to think, that is, we always have to think, and in this case even more so, about preserving the lives and health of our soldiers and officers.

There is no need to crawl through these industrial facilities.

The International Committee of the Red Cross said this week that they had evacuated more than 100 people who were hiding at Azovstal.