Mariupol Steel Plant’s ‘Dead Men’ Defenders Call for Rescue Plan
The troops holed up at a steel plant are denying Russia total control of the Ukrainian port city, but their situation is desperate.
Smoke rises over the Azovstal steel complex in Mariupol, Ukraine.
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If Russia’s President Vladimir Putin hoped to mark Victory Day on Monday by celebrating the capture or surrender of Mariupol’s last Ukrainian defenders, a Zoom appearance by their commanders suggests he’ll have to wait.
Speaking in a lengthy online press conference on Sunday, an intelligence officer of the Azov regiment holed up in the southeastern port city’s massive Azovstal steel factory said surrender would amount to suicide. He said they had enough food and weapons to hold out a while yet.