Stall steel factory. at least 50 civilians were successfully evacuated from the complex on friday. let s go to isa soares in ukraine. on the azovstal steel factory, what more do we know about the evacuations there? reporter: very good morning to you, kim. we were expecting evacuations to take place, of course, earlier today. we are being told we should be expecting and still we re about three hours in or so, but remember there is still about 100 or so civilians inside the azovstal steel plant looking out and they re being bombarded every single day. the intensity of this is increasing. so we re keeping a very close eye on the city this morning to see if there are any developments, to see if we get any good news, of course, as we have seen the last few days.
More than 100,000 civilians reportedly remained starving and suffering in that city. as one recently escapes event said, quote, hell is what s happening here. satellite images reveal what might be another mass grave on the outskirts of mariupol, that s one in a village just east of the city, 12 miles east. it s expected to be smaller than the enormous road pits entrenches discovered in the village of men who, just west of the city. those were about 1000 feet, long more than three football fields. in which ukrainian officials believe 9000 bodies could be inside. yesterday, russia resumed its assault by both air and ground on the ads of stall steel factory. it s the last holdout of fighters and mary opal. about 2000 civilians mainly women and children are also hold up in the bunkers within that complex, according to ukrainian officials. that comes despite putin s public statement days ago that