War in Ukraine: 265 soldiers become prisoners

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M.De Chalvron, L.Lacroix, B.Barnier, A.D’Abrigeon – France 2

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The war in Ukraine is still raging and on Tuesday May 17, 265 Ukrainian soldiers who were fighting in the industrial complex ofAzovtallocated at Mariupolsurrendered to the army Russian.

A month, here the time that the Ukrainian soldiers spent entrenched in the industrial complex of Azovtal before going to their Russian opponents. Among these soldiers evacuated by truck to two towns controlled by Vladimir Putin’s troops, 51 are seriously injured. The government of Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to exchange Russian prisoners held by Ukrainian forces.

To allow their country time to build up reserves, the soldiers held out and resisted for several weeks. The important thing now for the president Ukrainian, Volodymyr Zelenskyis to heal the soldiers injured, because for him, “Ukraine needs its living heroes, that’s our principle”. Nevertheless, Mariupol is now fully under the control of Russian troops. However, there are still soldiers to be evacuated to Azovtal.


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