Really happy about this. I suspect that had things stayed as they were, with what appeared to be Kiev ordering those at the Mariupol steel plant -not- to surrender, the soldiers may well have died from lack of water or food.
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16 May, 2022
Units have “completed the assigned combat mission”, Kiev claims
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed in its social networks, on Tuesday evening, that its servicemen holed up at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol have been ordered to surrender.
“The garrison “Mariupol” has completed the assigned combat mission. The highest military command issued an order to the commanders of the units located at Azovstal to save the lives of the personnel,” the Ukrainian military statement explained. According to Kiev, while holding positions at Azovstal, its soldiers prevented Russian troops from operating in other theaters.
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Kiev insisted that the Azov Neo-Nazis and members of its regular forces had “prevented the implementation of the [alleged Russian] plan for the quick capture of [nearby] Zaporozhye, and did not allow access to the administrative border of the Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions.”
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Full article:
Ukraine orders Azovstal fighters to surrender | RT.com
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the only people winning is our Politicians wonder how much they are making off of prolonging this senseless War
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