Some are evacuating Mariupol as Russia continues its attacks and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Kyiv.
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine -- Some women and children have been evacuated from a steel plant that is the last defensive stronghold in the bombed-out ruins of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, while U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Ukraine's president in the country's capital in a show of American support.
During a Sunday news conference in the Polish city of Rzeszow, Pelosi said she and other members of the delegation applauded the courage of the Ukrainian people and brought Zelenskyy"a message of appreciation from the American people for his leadership." In a video posted on the regiment's Telegram channel, regiment Deputy Commander Sviatoslav Palamar called for the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian fighters as well as civilians."We don't know why they are not taken away and their evacuation to the territory controlled by Ukraine is not being discussed," he said.
Elsewhere in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, about 20 older adults and children clutching bags along with their dogs and cats boarded a minivan Saturday in the town of Lyman, where at least half the population has fled Russian shelling, The van, marked with a sign reading"evacuation of children" in Ukrainian, sped off toward the city of Dnipro as explosions were heard in the distance.
In his nightly video address late Saturday, Zelenskyy warned that Russia was"gathering additional forces for new attacks against our military in the east of the country." He urged Russian troops not to fight in Ukraine, saying even their generals expect that thousands more of them will die.