The separatists in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine announced on Wednesday that they intended to destroy the Azostal plant in Mariupol after the surrender of about 1,000 Ukrainian fighters who formed the last pocket of the Russian resistance. Army in the area
According to pro-Russian separatists, there are plans to build a complex and technology park on the site, and the Alich iron and steel plant in Mariupol will be revived and set up.
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the Azofestal industrial complex.
The ministry announced in its daily announcement of the developments in the conflict: in the past 24 hours, 694 fighters surrendered, including 29 wounded, and added: a total of 959 fighters, including 80 wounded, surrendered on May 16th.
On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 265 Ukrainian soldiers, including 51 wounded, had surrendered on Monday.
The surrender of Ukrainian troops came after an 80-day siege.
Both Russia and Ukraine announced the fall of the last strongholds of the coastal city, which witnessed fierce fighting, and Ukraine revealed continued efforts to relocate troops to areas under its control and save them from an unknown fate in Russian hands.
With the withdrawal of the fighters, Mariupol is on the verge of complete fall to the Russians and will be the largest city under Moscow control.
Russian forces inspected the soldiers who had left the factory and took them by bus to two Moscow-backed separatist-controlled cities.
Both sides reported that more than 50 fighters were seriously wounded.
Source: Lebanon Debate
