Kyiv: Ukrainian forces have accused Russia of carrying out heavy artillery and airstrikes on the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. The United Nations said yesterday it had rescued 101 civilians from the plant and brought them to Zaporizhia. The Russian Defense Ministry also said that the plant was attacked by Ukrainian troops.
The first available information was that there were about 1000 Ukrainian soldiers in the steel plant. It is estimated that there are still about 200 civilians here.
At the same time, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron that Western countries should stop supplying arms to Ukraine and that Russia was still ready for talks.
Nine killed in Donetsk shelling Russian missile strike on logistics center in Ukraine military base in Odessa Meanwhile, US First Lady Jill Biden has announced that she will visit Romania and Slovakia later this week.