Smoke over the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Archival photoDONETSK, April 20 In Mariupol, five Ukrainian soldiers left the territory of Azovstal, according to the Telegram channel of the People's Militia of the DPR.»Using an offer from the People's Militia of the DPR and the Russian Armed Forces, five servicemen laid down their arms and voluntarily left the territory of the Azovstal plant, the department said. They added that the Ukrainian security forces learned about the offer to surrender from special leaflets that were dropped in the industrial zone. Russian units and DPR forces surrounded Mariupol on March 7, now there are battles for the final liberation of the city.According to the Ministry of Defense, the entire city territory was cleared by April 16. The remnants of the Ukrainian army, foreign mercenaries and neo-Nazis from the Azov regiment (against the fighters of which a criminal case was opened in Russia) were blocked at the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
The first footage of the territory of the plant «A» appeared Zovstal» filmed from a droneRussia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine since February 24. According to President Vladimir Putin, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» Ukraine. The main task in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
