The defenders of Azovstal they received orders from Kiev to stop fighting. This was announced in a video message by the commander of the Azov battalion Denys Prokopenko still in the steel plant after, according to Moscow, about 2 thousand surrendered. ‘The military superior command gave the order to save the lives of the soldiers of our garrison and to stop defending the city of Mariupol,’ said Prokopenko.
A Severodonetsk, in the Lugansk region, the Russians ‘opened fire on a school where hundreds of people were hiding and at least 3 residents were killed,’ reports the head of the regional military administration Sergiy Gaidai on Telegram. In the morning the Russians’ fired artillery at the Severodonetsk school, where people were hiding. More than 200 people, many children. Three adults died instantly, “says Gaidai, pointing out that the Lugansk region police are currently trying to transport the people to another shelter.
“The cyber aggression against Russia has essentially failed, just like sanctions attacks in general, “because” we were prepared “, said Russian President Vladimir Putinquoted by Tass, speaking to the National Security Council.
Zelensky: ‘Donbass completely destroyed, it’s hell’
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AZOVSTAL, THE FAREWELL OF THE MILITARY
Azovstal’s defenders have received orders from Kiev to stop fighting. This was announced in a video message by the commander of the Azov battalion Denys Prokopenko still in the steel plant after, according to Moscow, about two thousand surrendered. “The military superior command gave the order to save the lives of the soldiers of our garrison and to stop defending the city” of Mariupol, Prokopenko said.
“Well that’s it. Thanks for the refuge, Azovstal is the place of my death and my life.” It is the heartbreaking greeting, which sounds like a farewell, of the Azov battalion fighter Dmytro Kozatsky, nicknamed ‘Orest’, who shared on Twitter, as reported by the Ukrainian media, probably the last photos from the steel mill where he was for almost three. months. “By the way, while I’m in captivity, I leave you the best quality photos, send them to all journalism awards and photo contests. If I win something, it will be very nice after the release … Thank you all for your support. we see”.
Mykhaylo Podolyak, Ukrainian chief negotiator and assistant to the president, said they are underway interviews “Very difficult and very fragile for the evacuation “of the military still hidden inside Azovastal, adding that the Ukrainians should refrain from commenting until the operation is concluded, reports BBC. According to new military information from the United Kingdom, 1,700 fighters from the vast industrial plant surrendered and were taken to areas controlled by Russia, but still some “diehards” are inside the Mariupol steel plant.
177 civilians were rescued from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol and nearly 2,000 nationalists surrendered. so the Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu according to reports from the Tass agency.
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Kiev: good, but guarantee territorial integrity. EU, however, Russia’s withdrawal is needed (ANSA)
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‘CYBER ATTACK AGAINST RUSSIA FAILED’
“The cyber aggression against Russia has essentially failed, just like the sanctions attacks in general”, because “we were prepared”. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, quoted by TASS, speaking to the National Security Council. “The cyberattacks against Russia come from different countries, are closely coordinated and are in fact actions of state agencies”, added Putin, stating that their “number has grown significantly since the start of the special operation in Ukraine”.
“In Russia it will be forbidden to use foreign systems for the protection of information from 2025,” added Putin.
In light of this ban, “it is necessary to implement your technologies as quickly as possible,” explained the Kremlin leader, addressing the members of the Security Council. “The coordination of the work of all entities charged with ensuring information security in critical infrastructures must be outlined at a strategic level,” he added.
‘DONBASS IS A HELL’
The Donbass is “hell”: this is how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russia of having transformed the eastern region. In his nightly message Zelensky said that in the region “the occupiers are trying to increase the pressure. It is hell and it is not an exaggeration”. There are “constant attacks on the Odessa region, on the cities of central Ukraine. The Donbass is completely destroyed”. “All this has and cannot have any military explanation for Russia”, he added: “This is a deliberate and criminal attempt to kill as many Ukrainians as possible.” Russian missiles hit the village of Desna last night – in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus – causing “many deaths”, Zelensky added, according to CNN. “The first trial in Ukraine against a Russian war criminal has already begun – said the Ukrainian president -. And it will end with the full restoration of justice in the international court. I am sure of it. We will find and bring all those to justice. who give and carry out criminal orders “.
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From security cameras, civilians in line brought to execution (ANSA)
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Russian troops yesterday bombed 54 settlements in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk e Lugansk (east), killing 20 civilians: the Ukrainian Joint Forces made it known on Facebook, according to reports from the Ukrinform agency. Air and mortar attacks destroyed or damaged 105 residential buildings and 15 other civilian objects, including a hospital, dormitory, sports center, shopping mall, bank buildings and a pipeline. Among the affected villages are Severodonetsk, Lysychansk, Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Marinka.
In Severodonetsk, the Russians opened fire on a school where hundreds of people were hiding and at least 3 residents were killed, reports the head of the regional military administration Sergiy Gaidai on Telegram. In the morning, the Russians “fired artillery at the Severodonetsk school, where people were hiding. More than 200 people, many children. Three adults died instantly,” said Gaidai, stating that the Lugansk region police are currently trying to transport people to another shelter.
“The Russian Armed Forces groups, together with the Lugansk People’s Militias and the Donetsk People’s Republic, continue to expand their control over the Donbass territories. The liberation of the Lugansk People’s Republic is nearing its end,” said the minister. of the Russian Defense Sergei Shoigu during the meeting of the council of ministers, as reported by Tass.
Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment: ‘We are in Azovstal’
‘RUBIZHNE COME MARIUPOL’
The city of Rubizhne, in the Lugansk region, shares the same “fate as Mariupol”: “it was completely destroyed, there are no surviving buildings, many houses cannot be restored. There are cemeteries in the courtyards”. This was stated by the head of the Lugansk regional military administration Sergi Gaidai, who publishes images of the city on Telegram, with buildings destroyed or razed to the ground and wooden crosses in the courtyards. “Before the war more than 60,000 people lived and worked here”, explains Gaidai, assuring that “we will rebuild it almost from scratch”.
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The direct from the cities (ANSA)
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AN ATHLETE DEAD WHILE FIGHTING IN KHARKIV
Another Ukrainian athlete died while fighting for his country. This is Oleg Lenyuk, vice-champion of Europe and champion of Ukraine in orienteering, who died while fighting near Kharkiv. This was announced on Facebook by the Federation of Orienteering Ukraine, according to reports from Ukrinform. “With great sadness and pain in our hearts, we announce that while defending his homeland” from the Russians, Lenyuk “died near Kharkiv”, explains the Federation. Lenyuk was originally from Bukovyna. “According to his brothers, he was a conscientious fighter, an honest and reliable brother”, underlines the note from the Federation, which adds that in the sport of orienteering he was “a multiple champion of Ukraine and a silver medal in the European Championship. of Rogaine “.
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