Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 2On the 68th day of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal in Mariupol continued, but at the end of the day, the Ukrainian military broke the silence and opened fire.During that day Russia hit another 36 Ukrainian military facilities with high-precision missiles, in addition, a depot of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition was destroyed in the Dnipropetrovsk region near the settlement of Pokrovskoye. />The West is very scared: Russia is winning Over a million people, including almost 200,000 children, were evacuated to Russia from the territory of Ukraine, the DPR and the LPR during the entire period of the special operation, including almost 200 thousand children. Igor Konashenkov. Also, 25 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment were hit, including in the Aleksandrovka area of the Nazi Aidar formation. and ammunition, and four S-300 air defense launchers and a reconnaissance and guidance radar were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Mezhevaya. Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian Bayraktar-TB-2 drones near Zmeiny Island during the day.
«That was the last straw.» What ignited the civil war in Ukraine From the territory of the Azovstal plant on April 30 — May 1, 101 people left, 32 of them decided to stay in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry told reporters on Sunday. As a result of the rescue operation carried out on the initiative of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Mariupol, civilians held by Ukrainian nationalists at the Azovstal plant on the first day, April 30, 25 people left nearby houses and 21 more people left the enterprise. All 46 people voluntarily decided to stay in the DPR, the department noted. 69 civilians decided to leave for the territory controlled by Kyiv, who were handed over to representatives of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross, as part of a convoy they left in the direction of Zaporozhye. At the end of day 2 May, however, Kyiv broke the silence. The Ukrainian side broke the silence regime at Azovstal, shelling began from their positions on the territory of the plant, the DPR military had to respond, a representative of the interior troops of the DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs told RIA Novosti. 11,550 people, including 1,847 children, were evacuated from Russia, the Defense Ministry said. In total, since the beginning of the special operation, 1,092,137 people have already been evacuated to Russia, of which 196,356 are children. The department also reported that Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 90 foreigners from five states hostage as a «human shield», and remain blocked in seven ports of Ukraine 75 foreign ships from 17 countries.
Masks dropped: the West exposed its Nazi essenceShoigu phoned his Turkish counterpartRussian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu discussed the situation in Ukraine on the phone with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar on Monday, the Ministry of Defense reported. In addition, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was included in the database of the scandalous Ukrainian resource «Peacemaker» as «anti-Ukrainian propagandist». Earlier, Orban repeatedly stated that Hungary would not supply weapons to Ukraine. The Hungarian prime minister also said that the country was ready to pay for Russian gas in rubles. At the same time, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that NATO would not directly participate in the conflict in Ukraine. American howitzers and trained at least 170 military personnel to handle them, a senior Pentagon official told reporters. He added that the day before, 20 Ukrainian military men began a week-long course to study Phoenix Ghost reconnaissance and strike drones. A Pentagon representative said that over the past day, the United States sent 14 aircraft with military assistance to Ukraine, another 23 flights were organized by five other countries.
