"We wanted to discuss with him, within that really vast sum, what is the priority in terms of what weapons that he needs, what other assistance that he needs," Schiff said. Read more on the situation in Mariupol here. It's unclear whether any of them came from within the plant itself.The Russian news agency TASS, citing the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, reported that 80 civilians were rescued from the "territory" of the Azovstal plant and evacuated to a Russian-controlled compound a few miles away.He added the Ukrainian government will continue to evacuate people from Mariupol on Monday, starting approximately around 8 a.m.Zelensky said the first evacuees will arrive in Zaporizhzhia on Monday morning where the Ukrainian government will meet them.UN OCHA said women, children and the elderly were being evacuated to Zaporizhzhia where they will receive humanitarian and psychological support.The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the operation began on Friday alongside a joint UN/ICRC convoy traveling from Zaporizhzhia and reached the steel plant in Mariupol on Saturday morning.The UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross are coordinating the safe passage efforts.Nearly every building at the plant has been destroyed, new satellite images showed Saturday.It's unclear whether the renewed shelling will jeopardize the next stage of the evacuation from Azovstal, which is due to take place on Monday.After a rare period of quiet on Sunday that allowed for some evacuations, the complex came under fire again Sunday night, according to a Ukrainian soldier in Mariupol who spoke to Ukrainian television.They include civilians and Ukrainian forces who are running out of water, food and medicine after two months. Hundreds of people - dozens of whom are injured - are thought to still be trapped inside the complex.Having connection issues? Bookmark CNN's lite site for fast connectivity.The governor of the Belgorod region said a fire had broken out at a facility belonging to the Ministry of Defense. Social media video shows fires and columns of black smoke rising from a site near Belgorod in Russia, not far from the Ukrainian border.US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday, saying afterwards during a Congressional delegation’s visit to Poland that the visit sent “an unmistakable message to the world: that America stands firmly with our NATO allies in our support for Ukraine.”.Mariupol City Council said evacuations from the southern city had been paused until Monday. After the evacuation, the steel plant came under fire again on Sunday night, according to a Ukrainian soldier in Mariupol.The effort is being led by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations. More than 100 civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
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