reporter: no matter bl whether the russians cannot or will not fight their way into the steel complex, the end result is the same. ukrainian fighters inside are not only responsible for themselves but for the hundreds of civilians they say are sheltering there. some seen here in unverified video from ukraine s government. most heartbreaking thing in this that we have limited supplies here, and we are trying to share everything with civilians. but russia claims it will use will use them as a human shield. it s it s [ bleep ] because, you know, real military doesn t do this. reporter: and even outside the steal plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here, arriving in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, not thousands, not hundreds, but mere dozens after ukraine says russian forces violated cease-fire agreements.
Where mariupol would eventually people from mariupol would come to, and we re getting a little bit of insight into what is going on inside the azovstal steel plant, the heart of the ukrainian resistance in mariupol. here is sound from an officer in the azov battalion. most heart breaking thing that we have limited supplies here and we re trying to share everything with civilians. but russia claims that we use them as a human shield. it is [ bleep ]. it is complete [ bleep ]. real military doesn t do this. reporter: so there are civilians alongside fighters inside that steel plant. all of whom need to be evacuated and, bianna, it is just not happening. you heard him say a real military doesn t do this, echoing what president biden said, a real world leader would allow civilians to leave. we see how vladimir putin values civilian life, given what we re seeing unfold in these cities. matt rivers, thank you. overnight, heavy fighting
Be designed in a way that doesn t impose most of the costs on europe, and on the rest of the world. that s the conversation that is taking place right now. i have confidence that europe is getting the message and they re determined to close off this last source of export revenue that putin has. before we go, to date, since the start of the invasion, we re coming up on two months now, the leaders of 12 countries, including some of america s closest allies, have visited kyiv, the capital, met with the ukrainian president. no senior u.s. official has done that yet, the president, the vice president, the secretary of state. most have returned their diplomats to ukraine as well, which the u.s. has not done. why has that not happened yet and when will it happen? yeah, jim, i m not going to comment on that. you can imagine the preparations that are involved with those types of visits need to be kept close hold for security reasons and i ll defer to others in terms of the timing and
Civilians they say are sheltering there. some seen here in unverified video from ukraine s government. most heart-breaking thing is that we have limited supplies here and we are trying to share everything with civilians. but russia claims that we use them as a human shield. it s bull [ bleep ]. it s complete bull [ bleep ] because the real military doesn t do this. reporter: and even outside the steel plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens of thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here arriving in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, dozens after russian forces violated cease-fire agreements. translator: it is more like not a war, but a terrorist operation by russia against mariupol and the people of the city. reporter: so ukrainian
Themselves, but for the hundreds of civilians they say are sheltering there. some seen here in unverified video from ukraine s government. most heartbreaking thing in this that we have limited supplies here and we re trying to share everything with civilians, but russia claims we use them as a human shield. it s bull [ bleep ]. it s complete bull [ bleep ]. real military doesn t do this. even outside the steel plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens of thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here arriving in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. not thousands, not hundreds, muhabut mere dozens after ukraine said russian forces violated cease fire agreement. it s more like a terrorist operation against mariupol and the people of this city. matt rivers reporting for us