So, Ukraine says all elderly people, women and children have been evacuated from the Mariupol steel plant, encircled by Russian forces.
It is not clear where the evacuees that have just left Mariupol are and it might take a while until we have further information.
In the past, once civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant – and other areas surrounded by Russian-controlled troops – they were re taken to Russia’s so-called filtration camps, set up outside Mariupol to house civilians before being allowed to proceed into Ukrainian-held territory.
On one occasion, this transfer lasted five days, even though the distance travelled could be covered in hours.
BBC