The territory of the destroyed Azovstal plant in Mariupol. Archival photoMARIUPOL, May 31.Employees of the Investigative Committee of Russia began investigative actions on the territory of the industrial zone of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, they found foreign weapons and places where uniforms were destroyed at the positions, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. (against whose fighters criminal cases have been initiated in Russia), as well as the production and administrative premises of the Azovstal plant. During the inspection, investigators found foreign-made ammunition and weapons, food supplies, broken smartphones, laptops and flash cards. In the basement, investigators found places where uniforms, ammunition and weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the nationalist Azov regiment were destroyed. control over the city. On May 20, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of the territory of the Mariupol metallurgical plant «Azovstal» — the underground facilities of the enterprise, in which the Ukrainian military and militants of the Azov regiment were hiding, came under the control of the Russian military. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military operation to denazify and demilitarization of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» As stated in the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army by the end of March had completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the department was the liberation of Donbass
