Kiev: Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister has said that Russian troops have evacuated all women, children and adults from the long-besieged steel plant in Mariupol.
This completes the humanitarian evacuation process. The Russian news agency Tass reported that 50 people had been evacuated from the steel plant where the bombing took place. Russian Army celebrates Victory Day on May 9, the day the Nazis were driven out of World War II. Russia has stepped up its offensive in the hope of capturing the port of Mariupol by May 9.
The southern coast of Ukraine was completely destroyed on Saturday when cruise missiles fired over the city of Odessa and bombed a steel mill inhabited by civilians and fighters. However, there are indications that Ukraine’s unexpected defense war on the Black Sea island, which was occupied by Russia at the beginning of the occupation, may continue.
Western military experts say Ukraine’s counterattack around the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, continues to be a major target of Russia’s shelling. The Ukrainian army also claimed that it had already recaptured five villages occupied by Russia.
In addition, the Ukrainian military claims to have regained control of about six strongholds in Kharkiv.