Mariupol on verge of falling into Russian hands, fate of Azovstal fighters unclear
2 years, 7 months ago

Mariupol on verge of falling into Russian hands, fate of Azovstal fighters unclear

ABC  

Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to Russia on Tuesday, as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment, in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city. Key points: Ukrainian authorities are still trying to extract remaining soldiers from the plant Both Ukraine and Russia say they were victorious in Mariupol The International Criminal Court has sent 42 investigators to Ukraine to search for evidence of war crimes The capture of Mariupol would make it the biggest city to be taken by Moscow's forces yet and would give the Kremlin a badly needed victory, though the landscape has largely been reduced to rubble. Seven buses carrying Ukrainian fighters from the Azovstal garrison arrived at a newly reopened prison in the Russian-controlled town of Olenivka near Donetsk, a Reuters witness said. Evacuation avoids bloody battle, both sides claim victory of sorts Oleksandr Danylyuk, a Ukrainian former national security chief and finance minister, told the BBC that because Ukrainian forces were unable to reach the plant, the negotiated evacuation to Russian-controlled territory had been "the only hope" for Azovstal's defenders. Retired French Vice Admiral Michel Olhagaray, a former head of France's centre for higher military studies, said Azovstal's fall would be more of a symbolic boost for Russia than a military one, since "factually, Mariupol had already fallen".

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Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time in its war with Russia
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1 month, 1 week ago

Desertion threatens to starve Ukraine’s forces at a crucial time in its war with Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Desertion is starving the Ukrainian army of desperately needed manpower and crippling its battle plans at a crucial time in its war with Russia, which could put Kyiv at a clear disadvantage in future ceasefire talks. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print “This problem is critical,” said Oleksandr Kovalenko, a …

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed
5 months, 1 week ago

Thousands in Ukraine honor soldiers killed in blast and urge government to get prisoners freed

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainians urged their government to do more to get Russia to release prisoners of war, voicing their anger on Sunday at a ceremony commemorating the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50. Several thousand soldiers and civilians gathered at Kyiv’s Independence Square Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more …

Used as human shields, starved and under fire: The horrors people with disabilities face in Putin’s war
8 months, 1 week ago

Used as human shields, starved and under fire: The horrors people with disabilities face in Putin’s war

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Oleg’s home in Mariupol This …

Ukraine’s Zelensky brings home Azovstal commanders in prisoner swap deal
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s Zelensky brings home Azovstal commanders in prisoner swap deal

Live Mint  

President Volodymyr Zelensky brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine's garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. The five commanders have been lionised in Ukraine after leading a fierce three-month defence of Mariupol from the Azovstal steel plant last year, the biggest city Russia has …

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey

Al Jazeera  

Russia denounces the soldiers’ return, accusing Kyiv and Ankara of violating a prisoner exchange deal under which the men were to remain in Turkey until the end of the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has returned home, from a visit to Turkey, with five commanders of Ukraine’s former garrison in Mariupol, a move Russia said violated the terms of a …

Ukraine ‘Azov regiment’ prisoners of war go on trial in Russia
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine ‘Azov regiment’ prisoners of war go on trial in Russia

Al Jazeera  

Eight women are among the 22 Ukrainian prisoners of war who are accused by Russia of membership in a ‘terrorist group’. The captured soldiers were members of the Azov regiment, an elite Ukrainian armed forces unit that fought against Russian troops for months in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol. On Wednesday, the court in Russia’s southern Rostov-on-Don started …

Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia
1 year, 6 months ago

Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia

Associated Press  

MOSCOW — More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting in Ukraine went on trial in southern Russia on Wednesday. The captured soldiers were members of the Azov battalion, an elite Ukrainian armed forces unit that fought Russian troops in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol. Russia captured Mariupol last year after a three-month battle that …

Full coverage: Erasing Mariupol
55 years ago

Full coverage: Erasing Mariupol

Associated Press  

The city of Mariupol came under siege by Russian troops for almost three months in 2022, and turned into a symbol for Ukrainian resistance and now also for Russian occupation. A team of Associated Press journalists were documenting the agony of Mariupol from inside the Ukrainian city when they learned their names were on a Russian list. Chernov and Maloletka, …

‘Not treated like humans’: Ukrainian women on Russian captivity
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Not treated like humans’: Ukrainian women on Russian captivity

Al Jazeera  

Former prisoners of war, swapped in a recent deal, say they were subjected to starvation and other forms of abuse. “I was glad she wasn’t near me,” she told Al Jazeera, describing how she trusted a total stranger to take Alisa away on a bus. “They” were the Russian servicemen and pro-Russian separatists who interrogated her and roughly 1,000 Ukrainians …

Medic who cared for Mariupol wounded heads for Ukraine front
2 years, 4 months ago

Medic who cared for Mariupol wounded heads for Ukraine front

Associated Press  

KHARKIV, Ukraine — For 22 days, Serhiy Chornobryvets barely slept and rarely took off his red paramedic uniform. “Me before Mariupol and me after what happened: It’s two different people,” the skinny, fresh-faced 24-year-old said during a recent interview with The Associated Press in Kharkiv, another city that has endured intense bombardment. I wouldn’t have had enough courage,” explained Chornobryvets, …

Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol, the city where troops famously held out against a monthslong Russian siege. Russia claimed that Ukraine’s military used U.S.-supplied rocket launchers to …

Bravery of Azovstal defenders recalled at Kyiv funeral
2 years, 5 months ago

Bravery of Azovstal defenders recalled at Kyiv funeral

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — When he gave himself up to Russian forces in May at the pulverized Azovstal steel mill in Mariupol, the wounded Ukrainian soldier could not say a proper goodbye to his slain friend, whose body had to be left behind with hundreds of other dead. David was among 144 Ukrainian soldiers — including 95 who fought in Mariupol …

Russia blames Ukraine for casualties in occupied Kherson
2 years, 5 months ago

Russia blames Ukraine for casualties in occupied Kherson

Al Jazeera  

Moscow says air raid in Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka has killed seven people, while rescue operations continue in Chasiv Yar, hit by a Russian missile. At least seven people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack by Ukrainian armed forces in the Russian-held town of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, according to Russian-backed officials. …

Russia frees Ukrainian medic who filmed firsthand horror of besieged Mariupol
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia frees Ukrainian medic who filmed firsthand horror of besieged Mariupol

ABC  

Celebrated Ukrainian medic Yuliia Paievska has been freed three months after she and a colleague were taken prisoner by Russian forces on the besieged streets of Mariupol. Key points: Ukrainian medic Yuliia Paievska was taken prisoner by Russian forces in Mariupol on March 16 Earlier, footage from her body camera capturing the horrors of the war was smuggled out of …

Pictures show scale of devastation at Azovstal steel plant
2 years, 6 months ago

Pictures show scale of devastation at Azovstal steel plant

Daily Mail  

Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday they had have received the bodies of 64 defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol in the latest body swap with Russia - after pictures have emerged of the conditions of the besieged works. The battered ruins of the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, in eastern Ukraine which was besieged by Russian forces The aerial …

Russia urges Ukrainian fighters in Severodonetsk to lay down arms
2 years, 6 months ago

Russia urges Ukrainian fighters in Severodonetsk to lay down arms

Al Jazeera  

Moscow urges Ukrainian fighters sheltering in Azot plant to ‘lay down their arms’, says it would open humanitarian corridor for civilians on Wednesday. Russia said on Tuesday it would open a humanitarian corridor on Wednesday to allow civilians to leave, and urged Ukrainian fighters to “stop their senseless resistance and lay down their arms” at the same time. “Guided by …

AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege
2 years, 7 months ago

AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like plant in the destroyed city of Mariupol where their last-ditch stand became a symbol of resistance against Moscow’s invasion. Meanwhile, Russian forces continued to fight for control of Sievierodonetsk, an eastern Ukrainian city that is key to Moscow’s goal of …

Civilians reportedly sheltering beneath chemical plant as Russian forces reach centre of Sievierodonetsk
2 years, 7 months ago

Civilians reportedly sheltering beneath chemical plant as Russian forces reach centre of Sievierodonetsk

ABC  

Civilians are reportedly sheltering from Russian shelling under a chemical plant in the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk that authorities fear may still have stocks of dangerous materials. Key points: About 70 per cent of the city of Sievierodonetsk is reportedly under Russian control The Azot chemical plant has "strong Soviet-era" bomb shelters under the factory A new US weapons package …

A ‘terrible nightmare': Treating Ukraine’s wounded civilians
2 years, 7 months ago

A ‘terrible nightmare': Treating Ukraine’s wounded civilians

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — In wheelchairs and on stretchers, in ambulances and on train station platforms, they wait. Run by the aid organization Medecins Sans Frontieres, the train is a lifeline for the overwhelmed hospitals in cities and towns near Ukraine’s front lines that are struggling to cope with an influx of war wounded on top of their usual flow of …

Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the 3-month-old war. Russian forces have achieved “some localized successes” despite strong Ukrainian resistance along dug-in positions, …

Ukraine Russia war: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine Russia war: 200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol's ruins

Firstpost  

Mariupol was relentlessly pounded during a nearly three-month siege that ended last week after some 2,500 Ukrainian fighters abandoned a steel plant where they had made their stand Kyiv: Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city …

Fears rise for 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant that Russia labelled neo-Nazis
2 years, 7 months ago

Fears rise for 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant that Russia labelled neo-Nazis

ABC  

Russia has claimed to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, and concerns are growing over their fate after a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Key points: After weeks of battles, Russia says 2,439 Ukrainian fighters surrendered from the steel plant in Mariupol Russian officials and state media are seeking to …

Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian fighters who became prisoners at the end of Russia’s brutal three-month siege of Mariupol, as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov reported Saturday that Russia destroyed a Ukrainian special-operations base near Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port, as well as a significant cache …

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol’s last defenders?
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who were Mariupol’s last defenders?

Associated Press  

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s invasion. Russia’s Defense Ministry said a total of 2,439 Ukrainian fighters from the steelworks had surrendered since Monday, including …

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

In biggest victory yet, Russia claims to capture Mariupol

Deccan Chronicle  

POKROVSK, Ukraine: In what would be its biggest victory yet in the war with Ukraine, Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the “complete liberation” of the Azovstal …

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

India Today  

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the “complete liberation” of the Azovstal …

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin the “complete liberation” …

Russia claims to have taken full control of Ukrainian port city of Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia claims to have taken full control of Ukrainian port city of Mariupol

ABC  

Russia claims to have captured Mariupol following a nearly three-month siege that has reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin and left more than 20,000 civilians feared dead. Key points: The Kremlin reportedly said 2,439 Ukrainian fighters at the Azovstal steel plant had surrendered since Monday Ukraine has not confirmed that Mariupol has been captured Military …

Russia says Azovstal siege is over, in full control of Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia says Azovstal siege is over, in full control of Mariupol

Al Jazeera  

The surrender of Ukrainian fighters holed up in bombed-out steel plant means an end to destructive three-month siege. Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu reported to President Vladimir Putin on Friday the “complete liberation” of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, and the city as a whole, spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. The abandonment of the bunkers and tunnels of the bombed-out …

AP PHOTOS: Shattered lives and recovery in Ukraine war
2 years, 7 months ago

AP PHOTOS: Shattered lives and recovery in Ukraine war

Associated Press  

An 11-year-old boy pushes his sister in a swing outside a hospital in Lviv, her dangling legs wrapped in bandages where they end. Yarik Stepanenko, twin sister Yana and their mother, Natasha, were trying to catch a train heading west — to safety — from the eastern city of Kramatorsk when a missile hit the station on April 8. In …

Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukrainian troops surrendering at Mariupol registered as POWs

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — The fate of hundreds of Ukrainian fighters who surrendered after holding out against punishing attacks on Mariupol’s steel factory hung in the balance Thursday, amid international fears that the Russians may take reprisals against the prisoners. Amnesty International said in a tweet that the Ukrainian soldiers are now prisoners of war and as such “must not be …

Last Mariupol defenders have surrendered, Russia claims
2 years, 7 months ago

Last Mariupol defenders have surrendered, Russia claims

The Telegraph  

The last Ukrainian troops holed up in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol surrendered on Friday night, Russia’s defence ministry claimed. Today, May 20, the last group of 531 fighters gave themselves up," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. But instead of following his men on to waiting Russian trucks and buses on Friday afternoon, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, a commander …

Russia declares final victory at steel plant in Mariupol and fights for more territory in eastern Ukraine
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia declares final victory at steel plant in Mariupol and fights for more territory in eastern Ukraine

LA Times  

With full control of the steel plant that transfixed the world for months and a tightened grip on Ukraine’s southern coast, Russia redoubled its assault Friday on the eastern industrial heartland known as the Donbas. Russian military authorities also made their biggest victory of the war official on Friday, announcing that their forces in the southern port city of Mariupol …

Ukrainian fighters who surrendered defending Mariupol steel mill registered as POWs
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukrainian fighters who surrendered defending Mariupol steel mill registered as POWs

ABC  

Amid fear of Russian reprisals, hundreds of Ukrainian fighters — who surrendered after enduring the merciless assault on Mariupol's steel factory — have been registered as prisoners of war. Key points: As part of its role ensuring humane treatment of prisoners of war, the Red Cross has registered hundreds of Ukrainian fighters evacuated from Mariupol by the Russians Amnesty International …

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Red Cross registers hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war from Mariupol

Firstpost  

The International Committee of the Red Cross said that the registrations of Ukrainian prisoners of war began on 17 May under an agreement between Russia and Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine: The Russian military said Thursday that more Ukrainian fighters who were making a last stand in Mariupol have surrendered, bringing the total who have left their stronghold to 1,730, while the …

Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops
2 years, 7 months ago

Interrogation, uncertainty for surrendering Mariupol troops

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Nearly 1,000 last-ditch Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol’s pulverized steel plant have surrendered, Russia said Wednesday, as the battle that turned the city into a worldwide symbol of defiance and suffering drew toward a close. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty’s deputy director for the region, cited lawless executions allegedly carried out by Russian forces in Ukraine …

Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have surrendered to Russian troops. Here's what happens next
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks have surrendered to Russian troops. Here's what happens next

ABC  

Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who had held out inside Mariupol's pulverised steel plant have surrendered, Russia has said. Key points: Ukrainian prisoners have been taken out of Mariupol under Russian guard There are calls for the Red Cross to be given access to the POWs to make sure they are not being mistreated The plant was the last thing standing …

Timeline: Week 12 of Russia’s war in Ukraine
2 years, 7 months ago

Timeline: Week 12 of Russia’s war in Ukraine

Al Jazeera  

The 12th week of the Russian invasion of Ukraine saw Kyiv’s forces continue to press their counteroffensive against Russian forces in the east of the country, and reportedly all the way to the Russian border north of Kharkiv. Here, Al Jazeera looks at the major events that marked the 12th week of the war in Ukraine: May 11 Ukrainian troops …

How the capture of Azov fighters affects the Russia-Ukraine war
2 years, 7 months ago

How the capture of Azov fighters affects the Russia-Ukraine war

Al Jazeera  

The war’s post-apocalyptic poster boys are seen in a totally different light in the Kremlin and on Russian TV. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in late April that his forces would stop trying to seize Azovstal – and would instead blockade it so “a fly doesn’t fly through”. “I am very pleased that the recently passed omnibus prevents the US …

What might happen to Ukraine’s Azovstal prisoners of war?
2 years, 7 months ago

What might happen to Ukraine’s Azovstal prisoners of war?

Al Jazeera  

Attention now is turning to how the Mariupol POWs might be treated and what rights they have as prisoners of Russia. Breaking its recent silence on prisoners of war, the Red Cross said it has registered “hundreds” of Ukrainian POWs who have left the giant Azovstal steel plant in the southern city of Mariupol after holding out for weeks against …

Russia says 959 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at Azovstal so far
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia says 959 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at Azovstal so far

The Hindu  

Russia's Defence Ministry said on May 18 that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol. "Over the past 24 hours, 694 militants surrendered, including 29 wounded," the Ministry said in its daily briefing on the conflict. Earlier in April, Moscow claimed control of Mariupol after a weeks-long siege, …

Ukraine Hopes To Swap Steel Mill Fighters For Russian POWs
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukraine Hopes To Swap Steel Mill Fighters For Russian POWs

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian fighters extracted from the last bastion of resistance in Mariupol were taken to a former penal colony in enemy-controlled territory, and a top military official hoped they could be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. But a Moscow lawmaker said they should be brought to “justice.” The Russian parliament planned to take up …

Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant
2 years, 7 months ago

Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city. The Russian bombardment killed over 20,000 civilians, according to Ukraine, and left the remaining …

The battle of Mariupol: How it played out and what it looked like
2 years, 7 months ago

The battle of Mariupol: How it played out and what it looked like

ABC  

Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at Mariupol's Azovstal steelworks, bringing an end to the most devastating siege of Russia's war in Ukraine. Thousands fled while others became trapped in the steel mill Russia continued its advances and Maiupol's Azovstal steel plant became the last pocket of resistance as Ukrainian forces stubbornly held on against all odds. Satellite images also …

Ruined Mariupol now forever etched in Ukraine’s history
2 years, 7 months ago

Ruined Mariupol now forever etched in Ukraine’s history

Associated Press  

First chaos and anarchy, then despair. The ruined seaside city of Mariupol, whose capture has become a key Russian objective, is now irrevocably etched into Ukrainian history, regardless of the outcome of the war. “The 83 days of the defense of Mariupol will go down in history as Thermopylae of the 21st century,” said Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s …

Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol steel plant: Russia
2 years, 7 months ago

Ukrainian troops surrender in Mariupol steel plant: Russia

The Hindu  

Russia said on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers, including several dozen wounded troops, surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol. “Over the past 24 hours, 265 militants laid down their arms and surrendered, including 51 heavily wounded,” the defence ministry said. Ukraine’s defence ministry said late Monday that 264 Ukrainian fighters were evacuated to …

EXPLAINER: Who are Mariupol’s last defenders?
2 years, 7 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who are Mariupol’s last defenders?

Associated Press  

The Ukrainian forces who made a determined last stand in a Mariupol steel mill against Russian troops were a mixture of seasoned soldiers, border guards, a controversial national guard regiment and volunteers who took up arms in the weeks before Russia’s invasion. There is the Azov Regiment, which is part of Ukraine’s National Guard; the 36th Special Marine Brigade of …

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow's defence ministry says 265 Ukrainian soldiers 'surrendered' at besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol
2 years, 7 months ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow's defence ministry says 265 Ukrainian soldiers 'surrendered' at besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol

Firstpost  

Of the total 265 Ukrainian soldiers, who surrendered at Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, 51 were ‘heavily wounded’ and had been transferred to a hospital in the town of Novoazovsk, Russia’s defence ministry said Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday that 265 Ukrainian soldiers of which 51 several wounded surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine’s port city of …

Rescue mission under way at Azovstal as hundreds evacuated
2 years, 7 months ago

Rescue mission under way at Azovstal as hundreds evacuated

The Hindu  

Ukrainian authorities said a rescue mission to extract the last defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol was under way on May 17, after hundreds of soldiers were evacuated in an earlier operation. On Monday more than 260 fighters were evacuated through humanitarian corridors to areas under Russian and Moscow-backed separatists' control, with Ukraine's Defence Ministry saying a further "exchange …

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