Published on: 05/01/2022 – 06:42 Twenty civilians were finally able to get out of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, a port in southeastern Ukraine, on Saturday, which could be the start of an evacuation most important of the last Ukrainian redoubt in the city held by the Russians. Follow our live. 4 a.m.: a first successful evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal factory in Mariupol A first group of civilians was extracted overnight from Saturday to Sunday from the Azovstal steelworks, the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol, in the east of Ukraine, a region where the Russian army concentrates most of its forces. , in this southeastern port city almost completely destroyed after weeks of siege. The Azov regiment, which defends this industrial zone, spoke of “twenty civilians, women and children”. “They have been transferred to an agreed place and we hope that they will be evacuated to Zaporizhia, in the territory controlled by Ukraine,” said Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the regiment in a video on Telegram. 11:14 p.m .: Turkish presidential spokesman met with Zelensky Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in kyiv on Saturday. A member of NATO and an ally of Ukraine, Turkey has been trying since the start of the war to facilitate mediation between Moscow and Kiev. The content of the discussions has not been revealed. Turkey has twice hosted direct negotiations between the two parties, on March 10 at ministerial level in Antalya (south) and on March 29 in Istanbul. 9:35 pm: Tarek Kaï, France 24’s special envoy, takes stock of the situation in Odessa According to the governor of Odessa, the missiles came from Crimea. They caused no injuries, but are part of the Russian strategy to target key infrastructure in Ukraine. 01:01 20:57: London more determined than ever to help Ukraine, Boris Johnson tells Volodymyr Zelensky The UK is more determined than ever to provide Ukraine with the military aid it needs to defend itself against the Russian military, Boris Johnson told his Ukrainian counterpart in a telephone interview. “He confirmed that the UK would continue to provide more military aid to give Ukrainians the equipment they need to defend”, reported a spokesperson for the British Prime Minister. Volodymyr Zelensky had for his part announced the interview on Twitter. I keep in touch with @BorisJohnson. Spoke about the situation on the battlefield and in the blocked Mariupol. Discussed defensive diplomatic support for Ukraine and the necessary efforts to achieve peace.— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 30, 2022 8:26 p.m.: Twenty civilians left the Azovstal site in Mariupol to be evacuated, according to the Azov regiment “Twenty civilians, women and children (…) have been transferred to an agreed place and we hope that they will be evacuated to Zaporizhia, in the territory controlled by Ukraine,” said Svyatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov regiment in a statement. video on Telegram. A few hours earlier, the official Russian agency Tass announced that a group of 25 civilians, including six children, had been able to get out of Azovstal, a huge steelworks where hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians are blocked. No attempt to evacuate Azovstal has not succeeded so far. “All night, the enemy’s artillery shelled the site. The ceasefire which was to begin at 6:00 a.m. (3:00 GMT) did not begin until 11:00 a.m. Since then both parties have been respecting it. The convoy evacuation we were expecting at 6:00 a.m. only arrived at 6:25 p.m., according to Sviatoslav Palamar. “The Azov regiment continues to clear the rubble to get civilians out. evacuate all civilians,” he added. With AFP