Ukraine denounced that Russia attacked the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol again after about 100 people were evacuated this morning. Inside the factory there are still children, according to reports.
After the evacuation of almost a hundred civilians, the Russian army resumed “massive attacks” against the Azovstal steelworksin the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where hundreds of people are still sheltering, including 20 childrendenounced this Monday a military chief.
This was announced on national television by the commander of the 12th Brigade of the National Guard, Denys Schleha, reports the local agency Ukrinform.
According to the commander, every day the enemy “presses harder and harder” to take control of the site.
The military chief clarified that, according to his estimates, there are still several hundred civilians in the Azovstal bunkers, including up to 20 children.
In addition, he said that he also there are about 500 wounded waiting to be able to leave the steel milland that they can take “our fallen comrades-in-arms, which is also a very large number.”
The military commander assured that the Ukrainian forces that control the plant will continue to carry out their tasks until the end.
“The guys have been repelling (the enemy) for 67 days and I think they have done everything possible and impossible and continue to do so. And we will fulfill all the tasks that come our way and we will defend our homeland,” he added.
Ukraine achieved this Sunday, with the help of the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), evacuate between 80 and 100 civilian refugees in the Azovstal steelworks. This after multiple failures and in what kyiv has described as the most difficult operation since the war began more than two months ago.
That first batch of evacuees is heading to Ukrainian-controlled territory, according to Ukrinform.
Separately, four Lyman civilians were killed on Sunday by Russia’s shelling of the Lyman region. Donetsk in the last 24 hours. Meanwhile, an injured person from the Luhansk region died in Bakhmut, the press service of the Donetsk regional military administration reported, according to the same local agency.
According to the same report, currently it is impossible to determine the exact number of victims en Mariupol y Volnovakha.