Russia’s Defense Ministry said today about 959 Ukrainian servicemen from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, in their terminology, who “surrendered” – Ukraine says its military was evacuated for further exchange,
KYIV. UkraineGate , 18 , May , 2022 | Ukraine News .
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According to the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Igor Konashenkov, quoted by the Russian media today, during a briefing, 80 wounded were among the Ukrainian military. It is noted that over the past day allegedly 694 fighters came out.
Those who leave the metallurgical plant are taken to the territory controlled by the occupiers.
Ukrainian authorities have not yet announced how many fighters have left Azovstal.
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On May 16, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that an operation to rescue the defenders of Mariupol had been launched, requiring delicacy and time.
On May 16, 52 seriously wounded Ukrainian servicemen were evacuated from Azovstal in Mariupol , and the humanitarian operation is underway, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Iryna Vereshchuk said the day before. And that after the stabilization of their condition they are exchanged for Russian prisoners of war.
Source: Ukrgate
