Russia is continuously attacking the Azov steel plant in the center of Mariupol.Figure: flipping people’s vision
In the third month of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Russian army focused its new offensive on eastern and southern Ukraine, launching a fierce attack on the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, and also in various parts of eastern Ukraine. bombing. The Kremlin has denied attacking the Azov steel plant. Ukraine’s ruling Servant of the People Party confirmed that Russian troops had entered the area of the Azov steel plant in Mariupol.
Udon Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said 21 civilians were killed and 28 wounded in a series of attacks on the 3rd. Ten of the dead were killed at the Avdiivka coke plant, the highest single-day death toll since Russian forces attacked a station in Kramatorsk about a month ago. The Avdivka plant is one of the largest coke plants in Europe.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksky said more than 150 people were evacuated during the Malipo evacuation. “Today 156 people arrived in Zaporozhye (Ukrainian-controlled city), including women and children. They have been hiding in shelters for more than two months,” Zelensky said in his daily speech. A consultant said that with the assistance of the United Nations and the Red Cross, Malibo launched further evacuation operations on the 4th.
However, Osnat Lubrani, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, warned that “there may be many more civilians trapped” in the vast underground facilities of the Azov steel plant. According to Archyde.com, Malibo Mayor Vadym Boichenko mentioned on TV on the 4th that fierce fighting broke out at the Azov steel plant where some Ukrainian soldiers and civilians were trapped. more than 30 children were among the civilians waiting to be evacuated from the area.
The Kremlin denied on the 4th that the Russian army launched an attack on the Azov steel plant where Ukrainian soldiers were guarding. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov referred to Putin’s order last month to the Russian army that the area should not be attacked. Peskov told reporters: “The commander-in-chief publicly ordered the attack to be cancelled. There was no any attack.”
The head of Ukraine’s ruling parliamentary group, David Arakhamia, told Radio Free Europe that Russian troops had entered the Azov steel plant. For the second day in a row, Russian forces launched an attack in an attempt to seize the Azov steel plant, which is still guarded by Ukrainian troops. However, the Kyiv authorities continued to maintain contact with the Ukrainian defenders of the Azov steel plant.
The Azov Iron and Steel Plant, which the Russian army has been unable to conquer for a long time, is known as a “city within a city”. It was built in the Soviet era and covers several kilometers in an area. There are several floors above ground and underground, and there is a huge underground anti-nuclear bombing tunnel with a complex structure. After the Russian troops entered Mariupol, they continued to attack, and so far they have not captured the steel plant jointly guarded by the Ukrainian Azov Brigade and the 36th Marine Corps.