it s questionable whether he does control mariupol. one thing for sure we know about mariupol. he should allow humanitarian corridors to let people in that steel mill and other places buried under rubble to get out. civilian evacuations from mariupol have been extremely difficult from the very start of this conflict. now they re almost nonexistent. fewer than 100 people were able to reach the relative safety of zaporizhzhia on thursday. the mayor says many more are desperate to leave but cannot. translator: there are still 100,000 people in the city who for the second day in a row are waiting for evacuation, and they give us just a tiny number of buses. like it was yesterday. they said there would be 90 buses but 7 of arrived. let s bring in isa soares who is live in lviv in ukraine.
determination with defend freedom and opposite tyranny, it s as simple as that. i want to thank the american people for their support of the ukrainian people. this is our responsibility, seems to me, and we ve been able to hold the whole world together in this effort. so thank you very much. thank you. i m going to take just one or two questions. what does putin claiming control over mariupol mean? how significant is that? well, first of all, it s questionable whether he does control mariupol. one thing for sure we know about mariupol, he should allow humanitarian carters to let people from the steel mill buried under rubble to get out. that s what any any any head of state would do in that circumstance. there s no evidence yet that mariupol has completely fallen. mr. president, on title 42,
determination to defend freedom and oppose tyranny. it s simple as that. so again, i want to thank the american people. thank the american people for their support of the ukrainian people. this is our responsibility, it seems to me, we ve been able to hold the whole world together in this effort. so thank you very much. thank you. what does putin claim control over mariupol mean? how significant is that? well, first of all, it s questionable whether he does control mariupol. one thing for sure we know about mariupol, he should allow humanitarian corridors to let people on that steel mill and other places buried under rubble to get out, to get out. that s what any, any head of state would do in such a circumstance. so there is no evidence yet that mariupol would completely fall.
should be seeing thousands and thousands and thousands of people being evacuated but the ukrainians say the russians are not holding up their end of the bargain, violating cease-fires, being disorganized overall. that s not allowing civilians to leave. vladimir putin declaring victory in mariupol but not exactly sure if the definition of controlling a city is controlling the entire city, then he has not taken mariupol. i have personally spoken to people inside that steel plant who are still there fighting right alongside those civilians you mentioned. hundreds of whom are still trapped in there. functionally, yes. vladimir putin and his forces do control mariupol. the vast majority of that city and its surroundings are controlled by russian forces but we know there s still ukrainian resistance. that s what president biden was alluding to when we talk about that. where this goes from here, not exactly sure now that putin says it s not necessary to storm that steel plant. going to blocka