No connection with Ukrainian defenders.
There is a possibility that the Russian military broke into the plant Azovstal in Mariupol, where our military and civilians are located. This was reported by UE. “On Wednesday, the Russians broke into the plant, which had been bombed and shelled. Azovstal is fighting hard. There is no connection with the Ukrainian fighters,” the media reported.
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Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko also noted during the telethon that heavy fighting continues on the territory of the enterprise.
“Today there are heavy battles on the territory of our fortress, Azovstal. Our guys are defending this fortress, but it is very difficult, because they are working on this fortress with heavy artillery, tanks, aviation, ships have approached and extinguish this fortress,” he said. Boychenko.
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It will be recalled that on May 3, the Russian occupiers launched an assault Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, said journalist Andriy Tsaplienko. Civilians and Ukrainian defenders are still on its territory.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said more than 100,000 people remain in the occupied city. According to preliminary data, there were about a thousand Mariupol civilians in the Azovstal bomb shelters, including about 60 children . There are also several hundred wounded Ukrainian servicemen.
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