ukraine has confirmed that hundreds of its fighters who have been stuck at the mario
paul metallurgical plantaius obstacle for more than two months have been evacuated do you think
the civilians are okay have all the soldiers of the armed forces of ukraine surrendered
how many more people remain on the territory of the azov still sinking plant write your answers
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and like it so as not to miss the release of new videos deputy defense minister hannah malliart
said 53 seriously wounded soldiers were taken to the city of novasoft held by russian-backed rebels
according to her another 211 people were evacuated along the humanitarian corridor to olonefka a city
also held by the rebels earlier russia said that an agreement had been reached on the evacuation of
wounded servicemen about a dozen buses carrying ukrainian militants sheltering under a besieged
factory were leaving a huge industrial site in the southern port city on monday evening the
reuters news agency reported russian state media also published footage in which according to them
wounded ukrainian soldiers are being evacuated from azobstol ms mallard said the troops would
be exchanged for captured russian soldiers in his video message after midnight local time on tuesday
ukrainian president vladimir zelinsky said that ukrainian military intelligence and negotiation
teams as well as the red cross in the u n were involved in the evacuation operation
ukraine needs living heroes he said however he warned that ukrainian troops may not be released
immediately and warned that negotiations on their release would require delicacy in time
ukrainian mp lizia basilenko told the bbc that it is extremely important that the deal concluded
with russia with the help of the red cross and the u.n takes place in soldiers are exchanged
otherwise according to her the fate of these very brave people will be completely unknown and will
end up in the hands of russia which is far from ideal on tuesday russian president vladimir putin
said that ukrainian soldiers evacuated from the metallurgical plant would be treated in
accordance with relevant international laws photos have emerged purporting to show wounded ukrainian
soldiers arriving in novazos a city held by russian-backed rebels hundreds of ukrainian
soldiers marines the national guard including the azov regiment border guards police and territorial
defense detachments as well as a number of civilians with young children have taken refuge
on the spot since the advancing russian troops surrounded the southern city in early march the
huge four square mile complex is a maze of tunnels designed to survive a nuclear war last month putin
canceled a planned attack on the facility citing concerns about heavy losses among russians but
the massive shelling continued almost without a break ukrainian commanders said earlier this month
dozens of civilians were evacuated from mariupol to russian and ukrainian-controlled territory
after weeks of siege it was not immediately clear how many people still remain in the underground
bunkers ms malliar deputy minister of defense of ukraine said that the ukrainian military
intelligence national guard and border guard service are making joint efforts to rescue those
who remained she also welcomed the actions of the defenders of the plant who according to her fully
fulfilled all the tasks set by the command but she noted that their position became untenable
after it became impossible to one block azov still by military means in a message posted on
facebook on monday evening the general staff of ukraine called the troops heroes of our time and
said that their efforts helped kiev organized the defense of its southern flank while maintaining
their positions on azopstal they did not allow the enemy to transfer to other directions a grouping
of up to 17 battalion tactical groups about 20 000 personnel thus they made it difficult to implement
the plan for the speedy capture of zipporahz the military leaders said it is said in the post
meanwhile the azov regiment a national guard unit that once had ties to the far right appeared to
confirm that its fighters had agreed in a social media post to lay down their arms the commander
of the group lieutenant colonel dennis procopenco said that his priority is to save as many lives of
personnel as possible the russian version of events differs little from the ukrainian one
on may 16th the founder of the bostock battalion of the donetsk people's republic dpr alexander
kodakovsky said the 10 ukrainian soldiers who were at the azov still metallurgical plant in
mariupol left the plant with white flags and expressed a desire to negotiate prior to that he
reported that on may 11 the battalion discovered and blocked a tunnel through which servicemen of
the armed forces of ukraine afu were leaving the plant in order to collect water from the river
by the evening of may 16 it became known that about 300 afu fighters had left the territory
of azov still and surrendered according to rt correspondent maxim torre the wounded ukrainian
soldiers were taken from the factory on 10 buses to the novusovsk hospital controlled by the dpr
the rest of the prisoners were sent towards the village of elena already on may 17th the
russian ministry of defense clarified the 265 ukrainian fighters blocked today's obstacle
were captured over the past day the department noted that 51 of them were seriously injured
president of ukraine vladimir zelinsky confirmed that some of the ukrainian servicemen who were
on azab still surrendered at the same time he stressed that kiev continues to make efforts to
save its fighters and return them to the territory of the republic a difficult day but this day like
all the others is aimed at protecting our country and our people we have hoped that we
will be able to save the lives of our guys there are seriously wounded among them they need help
i want to emphasize ukraine needs living ukrainian heroes this is our principle the ukrainian leader
said the command of the armed forces of ukraine in turn called the surrender of its military
prisoners a rescue operation and expressed confidence that they would soon be exchanged
for russian servicemen who were captured by the armed forces of ukraine during a meeting of the
state duma on may 17th the deputy of the russian parliament publicist anatoly wasserman proposed
to adopt a resolution banning the extradition of nazi criminals in particular the servicemen of the
azov regiment who surrendered in mariupol state dumas speaker vyacheslav valadin agreed with him
saying that nazi criminals should not be exchanged he called for doing everything
possible to bring them to justice the speaker of the parliament especially stressed that russia is
making efforts to ensure that wounded prisoners of war receive treatment so that the surrendered
ukrainian military are treated humanely despite the fact that the armed forces of ukraine commit
cruelty and torture captured russian soldiers the battles for mariupol have been going on since the
end of february by march 7th russian troops and dpr forces surrounded the city and on april 21st
russian defense minister sergey shoigu said that mariupol had been completely liberated noting that
more than two thousand fighters of the ukrainian azov battalion remained at the azov still plant
at the same time russian president vladimir putin ordered the storming of azov still to be
cancelled citing its inexpediency and the need to save the lives of the russian military
on may 7th the russian defense ministry reported that with the participation of the un and the
international committee of the red cross civilians were evacuated from the territory of the plant
at the same time the un could not confirm that all civilians had left a substance
on may 13 the press secretary of the president of russia dmitry peskov said that the order of
the head of state to evacuate civilians from the plant was fulfilled according to him the evacuees
could choose for themselves where they would go to the territory of ukraine or russia he also added
that ukrainian servicemen can also leave azov still if they lay down their arms peskov promised
that they would be treated accordingly and the wounded would receive the necessary medical care
the situation in ukraine is still very tense but i am glad that there is less suffering in one place
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