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The steelworks has come to represent the last stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in the besieged port city which has witnessed some of the worst atrocities of the war.
One woman said the assault on Azovstal began"as soon as we were brought out" of the site in the besieged city.The Russian government said on the Telegram messaging app that it would open another evacuation corridor from the plant during certain hours on Thursday through Saturday.
• The United States has provided intelligence that has helped Ukrainian forces kill about 12 Russian generals, the New York Times reports And in his nightly video address on Wednesday, responding to the latest strikes on the plant he said:"All of these crimes will be answered, legally and quite practically - on the battlefield."
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