Ukraine says its soldiers defending the last pocket of Mariupol have stopped fighting, effectively ceding control of the southeastern port city to Russia after one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
and was an early target for the invasion. But Ukrainian troops held out, and much of the strategic city now lies in ruins after relentless Russian bombardment and a siegethe hulking Azovstal steelworks
More than 260 soldiers had been evacuated from the steel mill, some 50 of them seriously wounded, and taken to Russian-controlled territory, it said. Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereschuk, said on the messaging app Telegram that the aim is to exchange them for Russian prisoners of war.Alexey Kudenko / Sputnik via AP
The Russian ministry of defense said in its daily briefing Tuesday that the Ukrainian troops at the steel mill had"laid down their arms and surrendered." The city's leaders have been forced to plead for aid, hardly any of which was able to make it through. With bodies piling up in the streets, officials have turned to burying the dead in mass graves.
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