ZAPORIZHZHIA: All vulnerable civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks holdout in Mariupol, Ukraine said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), presaging a showdown between Kyiv's last remaining soldiers there and the besieging Russian forces ahead of celebrations marking the Soviet World War 2 victory.

The steel mill, the final pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated port city, has taken on a symbolic value in the war. Kyiv fears a renewed intensity to Moscow's offensive.

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