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Russia Insists Mariupol Troops Surrendering

Russia Insists Mariupol Troops Surrendering

Moscow, The Kremlin said the Ukrainian soldiers at a giant steel mill in the port of Mariupol are surrendering.

The Russian Defense Ministry said today that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered since Monday.

Ukrainian authorities said they ordered the fighters to save their lives and added the mission to tie up Russian forces by defending the Azovstal plant is complete.

But they have avoided describing the action of the ones who left the plant as a surrender.

Asked about the conflicting Russian and Ukrainian narratives, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, “There can be just one interpretation: the troops holed up at Azovstal are laying down their weapons and surrendering,” the Associated Press (AP) news reported.

Source: Oman News & Info Agency