President Putin ordered his defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, to blockade the Azovstal steelworks, trapping hundreds of women and children inside.
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The fight to take Mariupol has intensified while more than 1,000 civilians and Ukrainian troops are reportedly taking shelter at the Azovstal Steel mill in the Sea of Azov port city of Mariupol, Reuters reports.
Russia has reinforced its invading force in Ukraine with about 11 battalion tactical groups in recent days, a senior defense official said Monday, speaking on condition of anonymity to describe the department's assessments. The reinforcements, as many as 11,000 troops, come as Russia continues to move more heavy artillery, helicopters and command and control units into the region, the official said.
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Thank you USA Today for showing the video of Ukraine soldiers using children as human Shields.
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Not blocked, they could just walk out, unless hostages,
How can they walk out when Putin just said don’t even let a fly out? You bot.
Russia set up streets and times people can come out to surrender or leave. I’m thinking the troops inside don’t want to loose the only thing keeping that factory standing.
Like you “loose” your ability to comprehend English?
After doing some thorough research and viewing several “Azov Battalion” clips, I can tell you that those aren’t civilians. They are armed combatants.
just let women and children out
all men is same
they have to go to camp..
@World Builder
yeah children and women protecting the adult men
you funny
This group has a program similar to sending your kid to military camp. They have been doing it since 2014 and it’s for 8-16y/o. Only after this Russian invasion, did they start to take their camp to the streets. In no way do I condone what they stand for (supposedly 10-20% are Nazis), but they’re fighting the same war all their other brothers and sisters are fighting. Not sure if they’re there to protect kids or if they use kids. Being a group that regularly works with kids, seems normal for them to be seen with them though.
@Sleepy Star ask Putin, that’s what he said. Usually in my experience, when you make a barrier, you tend to be on the side you don’t want anything to “come through”. Case in point, come out. If they want to go in through the barrier they made, what’s stopping them?
@Kurtis Lawler
those militant groups are very trained
but they are good for small operations
versus the russian military train for capturing regions
its really woth to watch a video how they captured mariupol and its vicinity
one head orchestrating
and the hundreds of thousands of soldier step same
thats why despite the new weapons west sending ukrainien army way behind the russians compared how they organized
Youtube is getting to full of this video. I think i have see it from different news channel at least 5 times a day !!
Incorrect translation: “so that a fly wouldn’t be able to get out”.
Correct translation: “so that a fly couldn’t fly through”
Really?
No fly zone?
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I wish I could wrap my arms around those innocent children and tell them that everything is going to be ok. My heart truly hurts to see this. There’s got to be some way the children can be saved out of the madness.
Ukraines military needs to go in and rescue them immediately.
The parents should have evacuated them, like responsible adults. Shameful.
As long as Hunter is safe from prosecution
Ahhh…… The civilians could leave anytime they want, except they are being held hostage by the Azov militants.
He said to do a fly can’t get thru, not that they couldn’t get out. You guys a bugging.
That’s a big fat stupid lie. If viewers actually believe that I just have to accept that some people are simply ignorant of the entire US/Ukr/russ situation.
That’s a reaction from those crippling sanctions taking affect.
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Citizens are already returning to Mariupol, so wth is this crap? I have family whose come from there now returning there!
azov holding them for hostage
they telling them they can not come out
why ukraine playing this game?
tell the location and russia wont fire and they can walk out
theres the video, children wishing for to go out and soldier telling them no
its ukraine who play games
They were offered reasonable terms of surrender.
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