Some children hiding in Mariupol's steel plant are losing their hair and teeth from stress after watching their parents get killed, report says

Some children hiding in Mariupol's steel plant are losing their hair and teeth because of the stress caused by their parents being killed.

Russia said last week that it had liberated the Ukrainian port city apart from the Azovstal steel plant, which is serving as a final holdout for thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.

The civilians who are hiding in the steel plant are mostly women and children, according to Ukrainian officials.

Viktoria told The Times that she has been in contact with her brother, a national guard soldier who has been in Azovstal since the start of the war. She didn't want to name him because of safety reasons.

She told The Times that there are many civilians. Many homes were destroyed. Many elderly and children.

The woman told The Times that her brother said that many of the children in Azovstal were getting grey hairs and stuttering because of the stress of their parents being killed.

Some people are losing their hair and teeth.

Insider was not able to verify Viktoria's claims. It's not clear how many children are being impacted, where and when their parents died.

Russian forces tried to storm the Azovstal plant earlier this week, according to Ukrainian officials.

On Thursday, Ukrainian forces in the plant said on Telegram that Russian troops had bombed a field hospital located in the plant. It's not clear how many people died.

According to the office of the Ukrainian President, Ukrainian forces are going to get civilians out of the steel plant. He didn't give any more information about the operation.

The United Nations said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to an attempt to evacuate from Azovstal.