Russians offers Mariupol defenders a surrender window

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Kremlin claims Mariupol captured by Russian forces with 1,478 Ukrainian soldiers surrendering – live

Russia’s defence minister says more than 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are still defending the Azovstal steel plant but that area has been securely blockaded

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Russian defence minister claims to have captured Mariupol – reports
Russia has claimed it has captured the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, with the exception of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, where about 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are holding out. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the plant to be blockaded, but cancelled plans to storm it.

Reuters is carrying flash quotes about the development from Russia’s defence minister Sergei Shoigu, via the Interfax news agency.

According to the reports, the defence minister has said:

Russia has captured Mairupol. The situation is calm, paving the way for the return of civilians.
Shoigu said that Russia evacuated more than 142,000 civilians from Mariupol.
He claimed 1,478 Ukrainian fighters have already given themselves up, but more than 2,000 Ukrainian fighters are still defending the Azovstal metallurgical plant.
He said the Azovstal plant is securely blockaded.
None of these claims have been independently verified. There has been no word yet from the Ukrainian side to confirm or deny them.

The reports further quote Putin congratulating Shoigu on a successful operation, and instructing that there is no need to storm the Azovstal plant, but that it should be blockaded so that not even “a fly” can pass.

Putin reiterated a Russian guarantee of the lives of those in the Azovstal plant if they give themselves up. Ukrainian forces have repeatedly decline to surrender their position there.

Updated at 08.24 BST

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Zelensky should now call it a day- or his generals should remove him.
 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has suggested Russia's gains in the east will only be temporary - after invading forces took over 40 villages on Thursday

Russian gains to the east are temporary - Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told Russia its recent gains in the east of the country are only temporary and its troops will be forced back across the border.

He made the comments in his latest video message to the nation.

"In the south and east of our country, the occupiers continue to do everything to have a reason to talk about at least some victories. They are accumulating forces, driving new battalion tactical groups to our land. They are even trying to start the so-called mobilisation in the occupied regions of Ukraine.

"None of these steps will help Russia in the war against our state. They can only delay the inevitable - the time when the invaders will have to leave our territory. In particular Mariupol - a city that continues to resist Russia, despite everything the occupiers say."

Russian forces captured 42 villages in the eastern Donetsk region on Thursday, but Ukraine might take them back, an aide to the chief of staff to Zelensky said on national television.


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There is scant news to be able to determine just how far the Russians have advanced westward. ' 42 villages ' could mean anything.
 
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Hundreds of children have returned to their schools in Mariupol.
Russia has provided text books and materials- in Russian- for the Russian-speaking Ukrainians .
 
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