A group of civilians has become the first to be evacuated from a steel plant in Mariupol - but 1,000 people are still thought to be living underneath the complex.
The Azovstal steelworks is the last defensive stronghold in the southern city, with Ukrainian forces continuing to defend the site, which has a network of tunnels and bunkers.
Ukraine has not said how many soldiers are stationed there, but Russia has put it at about 2,000.
Forty-six civilians in two groups left the residential area around the the plant on Saturday and were given food and shelter, according to Russia's defence ministry.
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The deputy commander of Ukrainian forces at the steelworks earlier put the number at 20.
President Putin has ordered his troops to seal off the area "so that not even a fly comes through".
About 100,000 civilians are still in Mariupol and thousands of ordinary Ukrainians have been killed in relentless attacks that have devastated residential neighbourhoods.
The evacuation from Azovstal comes as the United Nations continues to try to arrange its own plan to give civilians safe passage.
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Video and images from inside the Mariupol steelworks have been shared by two Ukrainian women, who said their husbands were in the Azov regiment and among the fighters refusing to surrender.
The footage showed men with stained bandages, while others had open wounds or amputated limbs.
The women said some of the wounds were rotting with gangrene and that very few medical staff were treating at least 600 people.
In the video, the men said that they ate just once daily and shared as little as 1.5 litres of water among four people.
The women claimed the video was taken in the past week in the warren of passageways under the plant.
One shirtless man appeared to be in pain as he described having two broken ribs, a punctured lung and a dislocated arm that "was hanging on the flesh".
He said: "I want to tell everyone who sees this: If you will not stop this here, in Ukraine, it will go further, to Europe."
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On Saturday, Ukrainian forces were also fighting village by village to hold back a Russian advance in the country's east.
Moscow has turned its attention to the region, known as the Donbas, after failing to capture the capital Kyiv.
'Thousands more' Russian soldiers will be killed
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy warned in his nightly address that Russia was "gathering additional forces" to launch new attacks.
However, he claimed Mr Putin had lost "more than 23,000 soldiers" so far and "thousands more will be killed and thousands wounded" in the coming weeks.
"Our defenders have already destroyed more than 1,000 Russian tanks, almost 200 Russian planes, almost 2,500 armoured fighting vehicles," he said.
"Of course, the occupiers still have equipment in stock. Yes, they still have missiles to strike our territory.
"But this war has already weakened Russia so much that they have to plan for even fewer (pieces of) military equipment to take part in a parade in Moscow."
Mr Zelenskyy also spoke of missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region and in the southern port city of Odesa, including a rocket attack he said destroyed a runway there.
PM 'more committed than ever to ensuring Putin fails'
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to give extra military aid after speaking to Mr Zelenskyy on the phone.
They discussed the UK's "continued economic and humanitarian support", and Mr Johnson told the president that he is "more committed than ever to reinforcing Ukraine and ensuring Putin fails".
A Downing Street spokesperson said they also discussed the situation in Mariupol and the progress of the UN-led effort to evacuate civilians.
Britain is one of the largest suppliers in Europe of arms to Ukraine, having already sent more than 5,000 anti-tank missiles, 1,360 anti-structure munitions, five air defence systems with more than 100 missiles, and 4.5 tonnes of plastic explosives, according to the Ministry of Defence.
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