A video circulating on social media since last Sunday (15) shows a “rain” of ammunition being poured over the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian port of Mariupol. The site is under constant attack by Russian forces.
A British expert told Reuters news agency that the footage suggested that it was an attack with matches or incendiary weapons. The video was first posted on messaging app Telegram by its commander, Alexander Khodakovsky, who declared himself a pro-Russian republic of Donetsk, according to Reuters.
“You can even call it beautiful if you don’t know what it is and for what purpose,” Khodakovski wrote.
It is not yet clear which forces fired the ammunition and from where.
Ukrainian officials said they were working to rescue the last fighters at the Azovstal steelworks, the last hotbed of resistance in the besieged city of Mariupol, after a total of 264 Ukrainian soldiers were evacuated to Russian-controlled areas on Monday. .Kiev information.
The government said in a statement that 53 seriously injured were taken to a hospital in Novoazovsk controlled by pro-Moscow separatists, while the other 211 people were taken to Olenivka.
Meanwhile, Russia said 256 soldiers, 51 of whom were seriously injured, “dropped their weapons and surrendered”.
It is believed that there are still around 600 soldiers in Azovstal. The factory complex has become a symbol of resistance, where hundreds of fighters entrenched in underground tunnels and bunkers wage a war of resistance to prevent Russian troops from taking full control of the port city in southeastern Ukraine, which has been under siege since the beginning of the war. . . .
*With information from Reuters and Deutsche Welle
source: Noticias
