Posted on 05/17/2022 4:02:15 AM PDT by GonzoII
Ukraine’s military worked Tuesday to evacuate its remaining fighters from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where three months of Russian bombing has left the besieged port city in ruins.Ukrainian officials said more than 260 fighters were evacuated Monday.
Fifty-three seriously injured fighters were taken to a hospital in Novoazovsk, east of Mariupol, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. Novoazovsk is under the control of Russian troops and Russian-backed separatists.
Another 211 fighters were taken to the town of Olenivka, an area also controlled by Russian-backed separatists, Malyar said, adding that the evacuees would be subject to a potential prisoner exchange with Russia.
During his nightly video address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed the evacuation of soldiers from Mariupol.
“I want to emphasize — Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive. This is our principle,” Zelenskyy said. “I think that every adequate person will understand these words. The operation to rescue the defenders of Mariupol was started by our military and intelligence officers. To bring the boys home, the work continues, and this work needs delicacy. And time.”….
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Frantically posting pro-Uke trash, just makes you look like a NWO tool...which you are.
And quit pretending Trump is with you on fkn over American taxpayers.
He’s not.
per DM - “the attack on Mariupol has failed”
so how long has it been since the Russians have eaten?
.
surrender by any other name still smells the same as Snakespear would say.
Wait, I thought they were forcing the Russkies out?
What’s even funnier- the Financial Times is describing this, in a headline, as a “rescue” by the Ukrainian Army. They say the “rescued” Ukrainian troops are being transferred to a Russian-controlled area, and it’s “not yet clear when they will be transferred to an area controlled by Ukraine.” Ha ha.
So in other words they surrendered. 😏
What does it make you, who supports an invasion of a democratic country by a totalitarian Putin?
After 88 days of attack by overwhelming Russian forces, congrats.
I always thought if troops are evacuated, they return to their own bases, you know, like what happened in Dunkirk. If you evacuate to enemy-controlled facilities, that is called being captured.
Evacuate? They surrendered, you idiot.
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