They proved to the whole world the real “combat capability” of the Russians.
Adviser to the Chairman of the OP Mykhailo Podoliak noted that the military , defending Mariupol , broke the enemy's operational plans to conquer eastern Ukraine. He wrote about this on his Twitter page.
“83 days of Mariupol's defense will go down in history as the Thermopylae of the 21st century. completely changed the course of the war, “Podoliak said.
83 days of defense of Mariupol will go down in history as Thermopylae of the XXI century. Defenders of Azovstal broke the enemy's operational plans to capture the east 🇺🇦, drew huge enemy forces and proved to the world the real “combat capability” of the Russians. This completely changed the course of the war.
– Mykhailo Podoliak (@Podolyak_M) May 17, 2022
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On the night of May 17, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said that the GUR of the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces, the National Guard and the Border Guard Service had launched a joint operation to rescue defenders of Mariupol blocked at the Azovstal plant. 53 seriously injured people were evacuated from the Azovstal catacombs to the Novoazovsk medical institution for medical treatment. Another 211 people were taken to Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor.
Both settlements are located in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, in the so-called “DPR”.
An exchange procedure will be carried out to further return the fighters home. As for the defenders who remain on the territory of Azovstal, joint efforts are being made by the above-mentioned agencies to save them. All that is known about the evacuation from Azovstal – in the material of ZN.UA.
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