Civilians were filmed by the Azov militants when leaving their basements as well as by Russian media when they reached the village of Bezimennoe where they were treated by Russian forces, representatives of the UN, and the Red Cross. ...

After the evacuation of some civilians from the basements ["catacombs"] in the Azovstal facilities on April 30 and May 1, the new round of hostilities broke out in the area. Massive artillery shelling and aerial bombardment of Azovstal resumed. Azov militants besieged in the facilities open fire in an attempt to find any weak spots in the Russian/DPR defence around the plant. In response, Russian forces destroy Ukrainian firing positions. Rare attempts of Ukrainian nationalists to break through are also prevented. ...