(ANSA) – ROME, APRIL 17 – “If they continue to resist, they will all be eliminated”. This is the message of the Russian Defense Ministry to the Ukrainian resistance barricaded in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, after the expiry of the ultimatum for surrender. This was reported by the Russian agency Interfax, citing the spokesman of the ministry Igor Konashenkov.
“The group of Ukrainian forces, encircled and locked in the steel plant, was offered to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender to save their lives” but Kiev prohibited the Azov regiment from negotiating surrender, Konashenkov added according to Interfax. , citing some intercepted radio conversations. (HANDLE).
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