in washington, as the white house correspondents association dinner returns to the political calendar for the first time in more than two years. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it s the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine s last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post, a commander of the azov battalion inside the complex said he hoped the evacuated group would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians rescued from the rubble to the agreed locations, these are women l and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed - destination, to the controlled territory of ukraine. - a special rescue operation is being carried out. - we are getting civilians out of
and real madrid are crowned spanish football champions as carlo ancelotti becomes the first manager to win all five of europe s major leagues. hello. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it s the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine s last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post, a commander of the azov battalion inside the complex said he hoped the evacuated group would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians rescued from the rubble to the agreed location, these are women i and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed - destination, to the controlled territory of ukraine. - a special rescue operation is being carried out. - we are getting civilians out of the rubble with ropes, . mai
transferred lieutenant colonel daniel davis is a senior fellow at the foreign policy think tank defense priorities. he told me how difficult organising this kind of evacuation can be. a little while ago, may be some number of weeks it would have been much more difficult especially if the entire city had been under attack since it had been under attack since it had been under attack since it had been since the beginning of the war and now the whole fight for mariupol is just on the complex, it is not hard for russia to stop its bombardment and then clear record and part so once the decision sides have agreed that civilians are coming out it is not that difficult to get them out and at least according to the new york times just a couple of hours ago, there is a plan that more civilians will come out tomorrow so any medical probability this was likely proof of concept to make sure they could go, that is probably why they had relatively small number going out and if that continue
and real madrid are crowned spanish football champions, as carlo ancelotti becomes the first manager to win all five of europe s major leagues. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it s the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine s last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post a commander of the azov battalion, inside the complex, said he hoped the evacuated group would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians, rescued translation: we transferred 20 civilians, rescued from translation: we transferred 20 civilians, rescued from the - civilians, rescued from the rubble to the agreed location. these are women and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed destination, to the controlled territ
defended her lightweight titles against amanda serrano in a thrilling bout at new york s madison square garden. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukrainian fighters besieged by russian forces inside mariupol s azovstal industrial complex say 20 civilians have been able to leave the site. but hundreds of people are still believed to be sheltering inside the plant. it s the first such release since president putin announced he was locking down ukraine s last bastion in the city. speaking in a video post, a commander of the azov battalion inside the complex said he hoped the evacuated group would be taken to territory under ukrainian control. translation: we transferred 20 civilians, rescued from the rubble, to the agreed location. these are women and children, and we hope these people will go to the agreed destination, to the controlled territory of ukraine. a special rescue operation is being carried out, we are getting civilians out of the rubble with ropes. mainly the elderly