According to Ukrainian authorities, there are about 1,000 civilians in the Azovstal steel factory, along with some 2,500 soldiers, who have received another ultimatum from Russia to surrender their weapons. On the other hand, the Ukrainian president has confirmed the start of the Russian offensive in Donbass.
this tuesday the attack on the Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol has begunthe last resistance zone in the Ukrainian city where, according to the Ukrainian authorities there are almost a thousand civilians and about 2500 soldiers. Russia today issued another ultimatum to Ukrainian armed forces still resisting in Mariupol (as of noon local time), especially at the Azovstal steel plant, to lay down their weapons in exchange for saving their lives.
This was confirmed by the spokesman for the Donetsk militias, Eduard Basurin the start of the attack on the Mariupol Azovstal steel plant: “As far as I know, some attack groups specially selected for this mission have already started their work and the Russian Federation is helping us with its aircraft and artillery”.
According to Basurin, the pro-Russian forces have they control all residential areas of Mariupol and he is convinced that the Ukrainian troops in Azovstal will surrender soon.
Russia this weekend issued an ultimatum to Mariupol’s defenders to surrender their weapons in exchange for sparing their lives. The Ukrainian troops refused to surrender and promised to fight to the end. Today, Russia has given another ultimatum to the Ukrainian troops who are still resisting in Mariupol, especially in the Azovstal steel factory, to lay down their arms until this Tuesday 12:00 in Russia (12:00 in Russia, 11:00 in the Basque Country) .
According to the Ukrainian authorities, together with soldiers in the Steel plant Azovstal there are about a thousand civilians, including women and children, and about 100,000 inhabitants are in other parts of the city port. Russia, for its part, rejects that civilians can take refuge in the factory and assures that its attacks are aimed only at Ukrainian armed groups.
the Russian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, confirmed the start of the Russian offensive on Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, last night during his daily message to the nation.
“Russian troops have started the battle for Donbass,” Zelensky said. “It doesn’t matter how many Russian soldiers they bring to the area. We will continue to fight and defend ourselves. We will continue to do that daily. We are not going to surrender or hand over anything that is Ukrainian, but we also do not need anything that is not ours.” is,” he added.
Source: EITB
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