the last Ukrainian fighters evacuated from Azovstal

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In Ukraine, a rescue operation would have started, on the night of Thursday, May 19, on the site of Azovstal, in Mariupol, the martyred city. Many Ukrainian soldiers, entrenched in the factory, have surrendered, but others are still there.

On the night of Thursday, May 19, the latest evacuation of Ukrainian fighters took place. They are there, in these Russian army buses, they have just surrendered, they have just left the basements of the Azovstal factory, in Mariupol. Direction Donbass, controlled by Russian and pro-Russian forces. Russian television broadcast Thursday, May 19, images of some previously evacuated fighters. We see them well guarded by Russian soldiers, and cared for. “The most important thing is that we save my leg. The pain, I make it my business“, says a Ukrainian fighter.

Since the beginning of the evacuation operations, Monday, May 16, 1,900 Ukrainian fighters have come out of the hell of Azovstal. Russia considers them prisoners of war. There are still an undetermined number of them inside the factory, among them the sworn enemies of Russia, the fighters of the Azov battalion, at the end of their resources. What fate will be reserved for them? Many voices in Moscow demand to try them in Russia. Ukraine hopes to exchange them for Russian prisoners.


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