Several of these people proven to have been there have testified that they were threatened with being shot by Azov units if they left during the "green corridors" where civilians were encouraged to leave during ceasefires.
Earlier reports said Azov leadership had not left yet, well they have now
Just to be clear, Russian Ministry of Defense is saying there are no militants remaining at Azovstal now.
Zelenskyy is deeply saddened. What a phony.....can’t people see that??
If these numbers are accurate, and Ukraine has not challenged them, it is a significant metric in this war.
Russian propaganda? Nice....
It will be interesting to see the fireworks down there over the coming weeks.
Any word yet on the non-Ukrainian “advisers” said to be holed up in there along with the Ukrainians?
So, citizens defending their country are “militants”?
Guess it easy to see the philosophical connection between communists and Democrats.
That must have been 1 hell of a bunker and I’ll give them that.
am surprised this much coverage as everyone knew surrender was coming eventually.I won’t be surprised if they find a few more......
The 5K number makes more sense if it includes earlier surrenders outside of Azovstal.
Almost three months for the forces of Great and Glorious Republic of Russiastan to take a single city.
2500 were from avostal, 1400 from Ilyich.
Avostal had its own water supply
Update: There are more than 200 frozen corpses in Azovstal right now
There’s a report of a foreign high rank advisor but there’s no way i’m sharing it cause my instincts says this particular claim is hoax
Azov has been killing civilians in Donbas for 8 years
Locals wanted black flag for them
They are bad