Agreement reached on evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers from Azovstal plant – Russia |
16th of May. Interfax-Russia.ru – Russian infected reported that an agreement had been reached on the removal of the wounded Ukrainian military from the blocked Azovstal plant in Mariupol, a silence regime was announced.
“On May 16, as a result of negotiations with the blocked on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, the Ukrainian population will meet, an agreement was reached on the removal of the wounded,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday.
“Currently, a humanitarian corridor has been opened in the area of the regime of silence and a humanitarian corridor has been opened;
On May 7, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the evacuation of people from the blocked Azovstal plant had been completed.
“Today, a humanitarian operation was completed to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal metallurgical plant. Since May 5, 51 people have been rescued – 18 men, 22 women, 11 children, including one person on May 7,” the spokesman said. that day, Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the defense control center of the Russian Federation.
Earlier it was reported about the evacuation of groups of people with the combined arms troops of the plant blocked. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on May 1, 80 civilians began to leave the territory of Azov. Of the 11 of them, they voluntarily decided to leave for the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), 69 went to large, Ukrainian-controlled structures, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The ministry said that on April 30, 21 people left the territory of Azovstal, and another 25 people were evacuated from nearby houses. “All 46 people voluntarily decided to stay in the DPR,” the ministry said.
Kyiv stated that it connected the exceptional danger with Moscow, including with the fate of the Ukrainian military and civilians who are blocked at Azovstal.
It was reported that on the territory of the plant, in particular, servicemen of the Azov regiment of the National Guard of Ukraine and Ukrainian marines who defended Mariupol took refuge.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation declares that Ukrainian formations have repeatedly taken place at Azovstal and, if surrendered, can save lives. At the beginning, the Russian army opened corridors for the Ukrainian military who were ready to surrender with the Azovstal plant, but no one came out through them.
The remnants of the Ukrainian military group are securely blocked around the entire perimeter of the plant on the territory of Azovstal, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on May 4 at a conference call.
On April 21, Shoigu informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that Mariupol had been taken under control by the Russian army. On that day, Shoigu said that about 2,000 people from the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol were blocked at the Azovstal plant. Shoigu said that three or four days are inevitable “to come to this work.” In response, Putin banned the military assault on Azovstal, but ordered it to be blocked.
On April 22, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Konashenkov said that Ukrainian formations and foreign mercenaries “from the United States and European countries” are securely blocked at Azovstal.
The Zvezda TV channel of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on May 4 that a DPR unit was firing at the Azovstal plant with howitzers and multiple launch rocket systems.
located on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, it is one of the most important commercial seaports in Ukraine. Almost 500 thousand people lived in the city.
On April 13, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had been detained under the control of the commercial seaport in Mariupol, and that more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines defending this city had laid down their arms.
The Azovstal plant was one of the largest metallurgical enterprises in Ukraine. In 2016, the number of workers at the plant exceeded 10 thousand people.
The territory of Azovstal covers about 11 square kilometers. Beneath it there is an extensive network of tunnels and cellars. According to some information, the length of the tunnels of the Azovstal plate shop – cable, water, pedestrian, etc. – is about 24 km.
On February 21, the President of Russia signed a decree recognizing the independence of the DNR and LNR. On February 24, Putin announced the start of an economic operation in Ukraine. In response, many countries have introduced large-scale awards against Russia. A number of countries supply Ukraine with weapons and equipment.
On April 25, Mizintsev said that the Russian army had taken control of the entire Kherson region, parts of the Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, and Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine, and most of the territory of the DPR and LPR.