Russia attacks the Azovstal steel mill, the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol

The Russian troops have intensified in the last hours the attacks against the steelworks of Azovstalin the besieged city of Mariupolwhere a new evacuation of civilians is underway, according to Ukrainian sources.

The last part of the High Command of the Ukrainian Army indicates that “Russian invaders continue to block Ukrainian defense units inside the Azovstal plant”the last stronghold of the Ukrainian resistance in that strategic port city.

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Hundreds of entrenched civilians still resist in that facility since the beginning of the invasion on February 24, including childrenalthough some have already been able to leave thanks to an evacuation operation sponsored by the UN and the Red Cross.

The next stage of rescuing civilians from the steel plant Azovstal from Mariupol is underway, assured today the head of the Office of the Ukrainian Presidency, Andriy Yermak.

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He added that during the “complex operation” to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and the steel plant Azovstal Nearly 500 people have already been rescued.

The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, reported on Twitter that in the joint operation of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) “two safe passage convoys successfully evacuated almost five hundred people from the Azovstal, Mariupol and surroundings”.

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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN THE EAST

The offensive is maintained in the east, where Moscow aspires to achieve total control of the regions of Donetsk Y Luganskand establish a land route between those territories and temporarily occupied Crimea.

The military part of kyiv specifies that Russia has attacked the Ukrainian positions in the direction of Lyman, Siversk and Popasna, while in the north of the Kherson and Mykolaiv region, the Russian invaders bombed the settlements from which they had withdrawn.

The situation has been calmer in the direction of the South Bug, the second most important river in the country that flows into the Black Sea, where the enemy kept the borders captured.

According to the Ukrainian command, Russian troops are expanding air defense systems, while regrouping and restoring the combat capabilities of their units.

In this regard, the German government confirmed this Friday that it will supply Ukraine with seven “Panzerhaubitze 2000” type self-propelled howitzers, in addition to the five that the Netherlands has already committed to the same objective.

LAVROV RELATIVES THE SANCTIONS

The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, affirmed today that there are no sanctions capable of breaking the will of the people and the authorities of Russia.

“No punishment, no sanction, will be able to break the will of the people and the Government of Russia, which aim to defend the historical truth and the legitimate interests of the Russian Federation”, Lavrov said at a remembrance ceremony for Russian diplomats who fell in World War II.

He added that it is about preventing the creation of “direct threats to the security, culture and history” of his country along the Russian borders.

Lavrov indicated that the fate of the world is currently being decided, whether it will be unipolar, “under the total command of the United States, as Washington wants and to which all other Western countries have resigned, or it will be fair and democratic.”

This Friday, the countries of the European Union will discuss a new round of sanctions against Russia, the sixth corrective package since the beginning of what Moscow calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL DENOUNCES “WAR CRIMES”

The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, today denounced “illegitimate attacks” and “deliberate killings” against Ukrainian civilians in towns on the outskirts of kyiv while demanding that the Russian forces respond to international justice for these “war crimes”. ”.

Callamard recounted today at a conference held in kyiv the findings of a new investigation in that province, the details of which are detailed in his report “He’s Not Coming Back’: War Crimes in Northwest Areas of Kyiv Oblast”.

In the document presented today, AI condemns the attacks carried out by the Russians in Ukraine and calls for them to be held accountable and brought to justice “for a series of war crimes committed in northwest kyiv.”

Based on dozens of interviews with Ukrainians and an analysis of physical evidence collected on the ground, the organization documents unlawful Russian airstrikes in Borodyanka and extrajudicial killings in other towns and villages, including Bucha, Andriivka, Zdvyzhivka and Vorzel.

Source: Elcomercio

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