The Kremlin mentioned on Wednesday that it has detained over 900 Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol who’ve surrendered after holding out within the metropolis’s Azovstal metal plant for over 80 days.

Russia’s Overseas Ministry mentioned 694 Ukrainian troopers left the metal plant and surrendered on Wednesday, bringing the whole variety of Mariupol defenders being held prisoner to 959. Greater than 260 troops evacuated the metal plant in southeastern Ukraine earlier this week after the Ukrainian army declared their mission full and ordered the fighters to save lots of themselves, marking the start of the tip of an 82-day standoff with Russian forces on the facility.

Overseas Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova

mentioned on Wednesday that injured troopers are receiving remedy at a hospital within the city of Novoazovsk within the Russian-controlled area of Donetsk, and the remainder have been despatched to a detention middle in Olenivka, additionally within the Donetsk area.

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Denis Pushilin, the pinnacle of the separatist motion in Donetsk, reportedly mentioned on Wednesday that the Ukrainian “commanders of the very best degree” have up to now refused to give up.

Ukrainian officers haven’t confirmed or commented on Wednesday’s surrenders or Pushilin’s declare.

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Pictures launched Wednesday purportedly confirmed Ukrainian troops being searched by Russian troopers earlier than boarding buses certain for the detention facility. In some instances, surrendering troopers gave the impression to be loaded into ambulances.

The Russian Ministry of Protection additionally launched photos of wounded Ukrainian troopers reportedly on the hospital in Donetsk.

Ukraine has been making an attempt to barter a prisoner swap with Russia for the discharge of essentially the most severely wounded troopers.