STORY: According to eyewitnesses, at least seven buses with Ukrainian fighters left the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol on Tuesday, accompanied by pro-Russian troops. After months of bitter fighting around Mariupol, Ukraine had given up its last bastion there. And thus leaves Russian troops in control of the largely destroyed port city. The Ukrainian military announced on Tuesday that they would seek a complete evacuation of the Azovstal plant. The facility had become a symbol of the resistance in Mariupol because Ukrainian fighters had holed up there for weeks. After civilians who had also stayed there had recently been brought to safety, more than 250 fighters followed, according to Ukraine. The evacuation of the steelworks not only marks the end of one of the most costly battles of the war to date, but also a symbolic loss for Ukraine. According to the Russian Presidential Office, the fighters from the Mariupol steelworks are being treated according to international standards. Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised this, says spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s parliament is considering excluding fighters from Ukraine’s Azov regiment from a possible prisoner swap. These are Nazi criminals who must be excluded from such agreements, Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin said on Tuesday. The Azov regiment was originally a nationalist militia and then merged into the Ukrainian National Guard.
Source: Stern
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