Russia has claimed tonight that the last remaining Ukrainian fighters defending the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol have surrendered.
Ukrainian servicemen sit in a bus after leaving Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant claimed tonight.
‘The underground facilities of the enterprise, where the militants were hiding, came under the full control of the Russian armed forces.’ Each man and their possessions was then searched, with Russians also appearing to be asking the defenders to show their tattoos.Ukrainian fighters leaving the steel plant yesterday Moscow calls the Azov Regiment who were defending the steel plant Nazis.
The Ukrainian government calls the defenders heroes, saying their stand helped tie down Russian forces and allow Ukraine to succeed elsewhere on the battlefield.
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