Video: Nearly 1000 Fighters Surrender from Azovstal

Ukrainian soldiers trapped in the territory of the Azovstal plant continue to surrender, announced Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to TASS.

“Members of the nationalist Azov unit and Ukrainian servicemen blocked at the Azovstal plant have continued to surrender. Over the past day, 694 fighters have surrendered, including 29 wounded,” Konashenkov stated.

He emphasized that since May 16, 959 fighters have surrendered, including 80 wounded.

On Tuesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the start of the surrender of nationalists and Ukrainian soldiers trapped in the Azovstal plant. According to the media service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, investigators will interrogate the surrendered fighters as part of investigations into crimes committed by the Ukrainian regime against the peaceful population of Donbas.

The territory of Azovstal remains the last area under Ukrainian control in Mariupol. Battles for the city have lasted nearly two months and ended with the victory of Russian and Donetsk forces. On April 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu on the complete liberation of Mariupol.