People have described the 'scary' ordeal of constant shelling and not seeing the light of day for months as the first convoys of civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. 

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Elina Tsybulchenko reached the relative safety of the Ukrainian-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday with just under 200 others during a brief ceasefire over the weekend, in an operation overseen by the UN and the Red Cross.

The Russian military said earlier that some evacuees chose to stay in separatist areas, including Russian-controlled Bezymenne. Ukraine has accused Moscow of taking civilians against their will to Russia or Russian-controlled areas – something the Kremlin has denied

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