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The steel plant, and essentially said no problem, just wait them out. he says there is no need to climb into these catacombs and crawl underground in industrial facilities, lock off this industrial area so a fly cannot get through. for those inside the plant, this new blockade strategy -- a sign of weakness of the russian military -- a force that has tried and failed, for weeks, to force out remaining resistance. >> russia, right now, is cowardly hesitateling with the assault, final assault, they call this because they know that they will fail, and they will fail. >> reporter: no matter whethe...

Have limited supplies here, and we are trying to share everything with civilians. but russia claims it will use -- we use them as -- as a human shield. it's bull [ bleep ]. it's complete bull because, you know, the real military doesn't do this. >> reporter: and even outside the steel plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens of thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here, arriving in the ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia. after ukraine says russian forces violated cease-fire agreements. >> translator: it i...

Preparations a few days ago for that. mayor, now we're in it. now we're in it, and as al said, it is going to get worse by tonight. we're going to feel more of the effect. i'm standing here on the beach. feels like 65-miles-per-hour gusts to me. it is going to get worse. how are things looking for? >> it is looking pretty sense right now. we do have some pretty strong wind gusts, 75 to 80 miles per hour. the one thing i can say about florence is that she requires a lot of patience. we have been waiting for days. now that she's here we are waiting more. >> reporter: how did you succeed? you and...

Russians have yet to force out the remaining ukrainian fighters. putin acknowledge fighters remain in the steel plant and essentially said no problem, just wait them out. he said there's no reason to climb into these catacombs and climb understground. block off this industrial area so a fly can't get through. for those inside, the blockade strategy, a sign of weakness from the russian military. a force that has tried and failed for weeks to force out resistance. >> russia now is cowardly hesitating with the assault, final assault because they know that they will fail. and they will fail. >> no...

Themselves, but for the hundreds of civilians they say are sheltering there. some seen here in unverified video from ukraine's government. >> most heartbreaking thing in this that we have limited supplies here and we're trying to share everything with civilians, but russia claims we use them as a human shield. it's bull [ bleep ]. it's complete bull [ bleep ]. real military doesn't do this. >> even outside the steel plant in areas firmly under russian control, tens of thousands of civilians that need to be evacuated cannot. only a fraction managed to leave in the last few days. some seen here ...