Finally, seeing sunlight after two months underground, the lead starts right now.

After weeks surviving constant Russian attacks and shelling hold up in underground bunkers,

some marialpul residents are now above ground and out of the besieged Ukrainian city.

But many are ending up in Russian controlled territory.

Are they being forced there?

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Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start today with our world lead in the

besieged city of marialpul Ukraine, where some civilians are finally finding a way out

after weeks, months of a relentless Russian bombardment.

Ukrainian officials say there were two planned evacuation quarters today, one for people

around the city who want to leave and another for those who had been trapped inside the

As of Stahl steel plant, but it remains unclear if either of those quarters held.

This is new video of a large smoke plume over the city of marialpul today and a commander

at the steel plant tells CNN that the complex has been under constant fire since early this morning.

Ukrainian officials say around 100 civilians were successfully evacuated from the plant.

Yesterday, you can see this evacuation bus filled with families and small children.

One steel plant worker describing her two months in the shelter, like this.

I can't believe it, two months of darkness. We did not see any sunlight. We were scared.

The question now, where will these evacuees end up?

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