russian troops block underground exits from Azovstal, but defenders counterattack, mayor's adviser says

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Alvina Kaminska

russians block underground exits from the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol, 

Rubryka reports, referring to the Telegram of Mariupol Mayor's Adviser Petro Andriushchenko.

According to the mayor's adviser, Ukrainian defenders are resorting to counterattacks.

"Yesterday, the enemy didn't stop trying to storm the ground. The primary goal is to block the exits from the system of underground passages, which the enemy was pointed out by the traitor.

Despite this, our defenders of Mariupol are trying to counterattack, risking everything. There is no strong enough description of the heroism of the defenders of Mariupol," Andriushchenko said.

According to the mayor's adviser, one of the biggest problems for defenders is drones.

Andriushchenko added that if there was a way to blind or imprison them, it would be much easier for Ukrainian soldiers. And not only in Azovstal.

Note

As Rubryka reported, the Marine commander turned to Elon Musk for help in evacuating from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.

To recap, on May 7, Serhii Volyna declared that defenders appeared in a hellish reality, watched all over the world. And they still hope that the decision to save them will be made.

The Ukrainian side offers the russians to exchange the severely wounded Ukrainian servicemen who remain on Azovstal for the captured russian servicemen. There is no agreement yet. Negotiations are ongoing.

To recap, russia's aggression caused one of the biggest humanitarian catastrophes in Mariupol.

On May 7, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, said that all women, children, and the elderly had been evacuated from the Azovstal metallurgical plant.

The russians are constantly shelling the territory of the metallurgical plant with all kinds of weapons, including airplanes and naval artillery, and are repeatedly trying to storm.

The Ukrainian military, including several hundred wounded, is holding the fort. There is an acute shortage of medicines and people are dying in agony.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian authorities were working on diplomatic options to save the Ukrainian military stationed on the territory of the Azovstal Metallurgical Plant.

Soldiers of the Azov Regiment, the National Guard, the Ukrainian Marines, and motorized riflemen continue to defend Mariupol.