The move comes almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered its military not to storm the besieged plant of Mariupol, but rather block it off. Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol say Russian forces have started to storm the last pocket of resistance, on Tuesday, May 3. The move comes almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered its military not to storm the plant, but rather block it off. Asked about the reports in Ukrainian media that the huge steelworks was being stormed, the deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, Sviatoslav Palamar, told the AP that “it is true.” (…) Ukrainian defenders of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol say Russian forces have started to storm the last pocket of resistance, on Tuesday, May 3. The move comes almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered its military not to storm the plant, but rather block it off. Asked about the reports in Ukrainian media that the huge steelworks was being stormed, the deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, Sviatoslav Palamar, told the AP that “it is true.”
via lemonde: Russian forces storming Mariupol steel plant
siehe auch: Letzte Bastion des Widerstands in Mariupol – Sturm auf Azovstal hat wohl begonnen. Russland hat offenbar angefangen, Mariupols Stahlwerk von allen Seiten zu attackieren, Moskau bestätigte den Beschuss. Dort sollen noch rund 200 Zivilisten festsitzen. Trotz des Angriffs ist der Uno eine Evakuierungsaktion gelungen. Russlands Militär und prorussische Separatisten haben eine Offensive auf das Stahlwerk Asovstal in der schwer umkämpften Hafenstadt Mariupol gestartet. Das Werksgelände wird offenbar nicht nur mit Artillerie und aus der Luft beschossen – ukrainischen Medienangaben zufolge sollen Moskaus Truppen auch angefangen haben, das Werk zu stürmen