Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters left Mariupol plant: Russia
Kyiv, May 18 (AP) The Russian Defence Ministry says that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops holed up in their last stronghold in Mariupol have handed themselves over.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday that 694 Ukrainian soldiers at the Azovstal steel plant have surrendered over the past 24 hours.
That brings the total of Ukrainian troops who have left the plant this week to 959.