Claims of the Iron Works Defense Azou Regiment… “So far, one soldier has been killed, six injured.”
(Archyde.com = Yonhap News) An armored vehicle carrying pro-Russian rebels runs near the Azoustal Works in the port city of Mariupol, southern Ukraine, on the 5th (local time). It is said that a large number of civilians who have not yet evacuated remain underground in the steelworks, where Ukrainian forces are making their final stand once morest Russian forces. 2022.5.6 [email protected]
(Rome = Yonhap News) Correspondent Jeon Seong-hoon = The Ukrainian side claimed that the Russian military unilaterally broke the ceasefire promise to evacuate civilians from the Mariupol Azoustal Works.
According to the AFP news agency, the Azou Regiment, which defends the steelworks, said in a Telegram on the 6th (local time) that the Russian army attacked a vehicle moving to evacuate civilians from the steelworks with an anti-tank guided weapon.
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and six injured in the attack, the Azou Regiment said.
Earlier, the Russian military authorities announced that they would cease operations for three days from the 5th to the 7th in order to cooperate with the evacuation of the remaining civilians from the steelworks.
The Ukrainian army, centered on the Azou Regiment, continues to fight to defend the Azoustal Works, the last stronghold of Mariupol.
About 500 civilians were reported to have been rescued in two evacuation operations until the previous day.
It is estimated that there are currently 2,000 Ukrainian military personnel and 200 civilians in the steelworks.
The situation of Azoustal’s warfare is turning once morest the Ukrainian army as time goes by.
When the Russian army captures Azoustal, it effectively occupies all of Mariupol.
Mariupol is a strategic point connecting the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists claim independence, and Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.
It is known that Russia is calculating to consolidate control of Donbas as well as Crimea by taking over Mariupol.
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