Diplomatic efforts to save Azovstal fighters Ukraine fears Russia aims to wipe out Azovstal fighters More civilians evacuated from bombed-out steelworks US Biden signs off on new weapons package Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said diplomatic efforts were underway to save the remaining fighters holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol, as
KYIV, May 7 ― Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said diplomatic efforts were underway to save the remaining fighters holed up inside the Azovstal steelworks in the city of Mariupol, as more civilians were evacuated from the bombed-out plant. The defenders have vowed not to surrender..
US president Joe Biden said that new package of security assistance will provide additional artillery munitions, radars, and other equipment to Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials fears Russian forces want to wipe them out in time for Moscow's commemorations of the former Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Mariupol has endured the most destructive bombardment of the 10-week-old war, and the sprawling Soviet-era Azovstal plant is the last part of the city - a strategic southern port on the Azov Sea - still in the hands of Ukrainian fighters.