A Ukrainian soldier stands inside the ruins of the Azovstal steel plant in the rays of the sun at his shelter in Mariupol. Photo by AP
A day after Russia confirmed the total evacuation of the Azovstal steel plant, one of the suspicions defended by Ukrainian fighters for nearly three months, on Saturday photos of Volodimir Zelenski’s soldiers were released in underground tunnels of the factory, when they still dominated the territory.
“Since May 16, 2,439 Nazis from the Azov (battalion) and Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the iron mill have surrendered. Today, May 20, the last group of 531 warriors surrendered”, The spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, reported on Friday.
He also told President Vladimir Putin “the conclusion of the operation and the complete liberation of the complex (from Azovstal) and the city of Mariupol ”.
The photos identified in recent hours show how Ukrainian soldiers lived in the tunnels and corridors of the steel plant. In that area they thrived some of the bloodiest battles in the war and where the defenders of the country showed the greatest effort.
The images were released a day after Russia confirmed the complete seizure of the steel plant. Photo by AP.
This is how Ukrainian troops lived for several months at the Azovstal plant. Photo by AP
According to Russia, 51 Ukrainian fighters were seriously injured in the clash. Photo by AP.
According to official Russian information, of the total number of fighters who resigned their weapons and surrendered, 51 were seriously injured.
“All those in need of medical care were sent for hospital treatment in Novoazovsk,” a Russian-controlled town in the self-proclaimed breakaway republic of Donetsk, the spokesman added.
Readings and entertainment in one of the bloodiest lands of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Photo by AP.
The photos show how the Ukrainian soldiers lived inside the steel plant. Photo by AP.
The images were released a day after Russia confirmed the complete seizure of the steel plant. Photo by AP.
The injured were taken to hospital in Novoazovsk, a Russian -controlled town.
Two hundred soldiers removed from the metallurgical plant after more than two months of siege and nearly three months of Russian military intervention in Ukraine, were taken to Olénivka, near the city of Donetsk and controlled by Russia, and others in Novoazovsk.
The injured were taken to hospital in Novoazovsk, a Russian -controlled town.
Source: Clarin
