The Ukrainian army announced that the battles continue at Azofstal in Mariupol, where Russia “Trying to destroy” the last defenders of the steel plant, despite the fact that he has declared from today Thursday morning and for three days of truce.
“The Russian occupiers are trying to cut off and try to destroy the Ukrainian units in Azovstal,” the Ukrainian army said in a statement this morning. According to the Ukrainian army, the Russian troops “resumed their attack with aircraft support with the aim of bringing the factory under their control “.
This announcement is coming after Moscow pointed out yesterday Wednesday at night that her forces will observe a truce for three consecutive days, starting today at 08:00 in the morning, so that the civilians who remain in Azovstal can be removed, who, according to the mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boitshenko, are about 200.
Denis Prokopenko, commander of the Azov Battalion that defends the steel plant, said in a video posted on the Internet last night that Russian forces had managed to enter Azovstal, where “fierce and bloody battles” are raging.
“Two days ago, the enemy managed to enter the factory area,” he said in a video posted on the Telegram.
“I am proud for my soldiers who make superhuman efforts to resist the onslaught of the enemy. I am grateful to the whole world for the huge support it offered to the fortress of Mariupol. “Our soldiers deserve it,” Prokopenko added.
The Azofstal steel plant with its huge facilities and underground network is the last pocket of resistance of Ukrainian fighters against the Russian soldiers who have been besieging Mariupol, the important port city, since the beginning of March. Its occupation will be a significant victory for Moscow.
Boichenko also called for the continued evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, which is being carried out with the help of the UN and the Red Cross.
“We are fighting together to save “every person, every resident of Mariupol”, he stressed.
“Russian forces killed more than 600 Ukrainian fighters”
Russia said in a statement that its artillery had hit several Ukrainian positions and strongholds overnight, killing more than 600 fighters, while local Ukrainian authorities said mass bombings of Ukrainian cities in Donbass had left many civilians dead and wounded.
“The armed forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine,” the Russian Defense Ministry said. “More than 600 nationalists and 61 units of weapons and military equipment were destroyed.”
The Ministry of Defense also states that the Russian missiles destroyed aircraft equipment at Kanatovo Airport in the central Ukrainian region of Kirovokhrad and a large ammunition depot in the southern city of Mykolaif.
The head of the Ukrainian military administration in Donetsk, Pavlo Kirilenko, announced today through his channel on the Telegram platform that “after the rocket strike in Kramatorsk there are 25 wounded while nine residential buildings, the school and political infrastructure were damaged”.
According to Kirilenko, the towns of Tsasiv Yar, Marginka and Avdigifka were also bombed. At least one person was killed in Chashiv Yar.
The governor of the Ukrainian region of Luhansk, Sergiy Haidai, said at least five people had been killed in the bombing of the cities of Sheverodonetsk, Lisichansk, Hirsch and Popasna.
He did not provide any information on the number of injured. Here, too, residential buildings and infrastructure were severely damaged, Haidai said.
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