Evacuations from the city of Mariupol have gained momentum. United Nations officials on Wednesday announced that more than 300 civilians had been evacuated from the war-torn city.

The civilians were taken to Zaporizhzhya, a Ukrainian city that is still under Kyiv’s control. Civilians from four other neighboring towns of Mariupol were also taken away from Russian shelling and attacks.

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The evacuated civilians from Mariupol, Vasylivka, Berdiansk, Manhush and Tokmak were evacuated in a hurry and were not allowed to carry anything but the clothes they were wearing.

United Nations’ humanitarian chief of Ukraine, Osnat Lubrani, said that the evacuees will be given the “much needed psychological support,” Associated Press reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the first wave of evacuations rescued more than 150 people. However, only people from the Azovstal steel plant were evacuated in the previous round.

No civilians were evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in the second round of evacuations on Wednesday. Zelensky said that authorities were currently negotiating terms with Russia to let civilians leave the Azovstal steel plant.

It is unclear how many Ukrainians were inside the Azovstal steel plant, but the Russians put the number at about 2,000 in recent weeks, and 500 were reported to be wounded.

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A few hundred civilians also remained there, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said, according to reports from Associated Press.

In his nightly video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that by storming the Azovstal steel mill, Russian forces violated agreements for safe evacuation. He said the prior evacuations are “not a victory yet, but it is already a result. I believe there is still a chance to save other people.”