Azovstal ‘fully liberated’ – Russian military
The last members of Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov unit have surrendered in Mariupol
File Photo: Azov unit fighters, who have surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant, walk on a road in the Russia-controlled port city of Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic. © Sputnik/Russian Defence Ministry
The entire territory of the Azovstal factory complex in Mariupol has been liberated, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday. More than 2,400 people surrounded inside for almost a month, including Ukrainian servicemen and members of the neo-Nazi Azov unit, have laid down their arms and surrendered.
“The last group of 531 militants surrendered today,” the Russian military spokesman, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, said in a statement. He added that a total of
“2,439 Azov Nazis” and Ukrainian servicemen had laid down their arms since May 16, and that the entire Azovstal complex is now under control of Russian armed forces.