Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Ukraine Says Russian Forces Are Storming The Azovstal Plant In Mariupol

 

The Guardian: Russia steps up attack on Azovstal plant as convoy arrives in Zaporizhzhia 

Red Cross says more than 100 civilians managed to escape Mariupol but many are still trapped at steelworks Russian forces have shelled and attempted to storm the Azovstal steelworks, the last holdout of Ukrainian troops defending the stricken southern port city of Mariupol, as a first convoy of refugees from the sprawling plant reached the city of Zaporizhzhia. 

Video footage showed thick smoke in the sky above the Soviet-era site, where officials said up to 200 civilians, including children, remained trapped in a network of underground bunkers and tunnels with up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers.  

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Ukraine Says Russian Forces Are Storming The Azovstal Plant In Mariupol  

Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant -- AP 

Fighting resumes at Azovstal plant – reports -- RT  

Russia Relaunches Attack on Besieged Mariupol Steel Plant -- Moscow Times  

Russia unleashes rockets at steel plant, some evacuees reach safety -- Reuters  

Russians Storm Mariupol Steel Plant As U.K.'s Johnson Announces Fresh Military Aid To Ukraine -- RFE

Russian forces storm Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol: Ukraine -- NYPost  

Russian forces storming Ukraine's Azovstal plant where civilians trapped -- Hindustan Times  

Ukrainians trapped in Azovstal steel plant consider desperate measures as Russians close in -- CNN  

Mariupol residents describe terrifying life under Russia's onslaught -- Axios

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