Russian forces are preparing for a parade in Mariupol ahead of Victory Day, clearing debris from a bombed-out theater that had served as the city's main shelter before it was destroyed seven weeks ago.
. A total defeat of Mariupol would give Russia a land bridge in eastern Ukraine, a key port and a propaganda win after more than two months of setbacks in its assault.was “most likely an egregious violation of international humanitarian law and those who ordered or executed it committed a war crime.”posted to the Mariupol Now Telegram channel on Wednesday shows abandoned cars, mangled building materials and cleanup crews outside the theater.
The nearly 13-minute recording shows a bulldozer moving rubble into a garbage truck and an excavator picking through the wreckage. Inside the theater are burned walls, collapsed ceilings and blown-out windows. The grim scenes contrast starkly with the Russian outlook on life in the city. “Mariupol is under the control of the Russian army. Peaceful life is being established in the city,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
Ukrainian officials said heavy fighting engulfed the steel plant Wednesday, after a United Nations-led humanitarian convoy evacuated more than 150 civilians from underground shelters there. As many as 200 civilians are still hiding out at the plant.Mayor Vadym Boychenko said contact with the Ukrainian forces inside was lost Wednesday as Russian forces used heavy weaponry, including tanks and bombs, to storm the plant.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said May 4 that there was heavy fighting at the Azovstal steel plant where Ukrainian soldiers and civilians were holding out. on Telegram, Azov commander Maksym Zhorin said that for the second day in a row, Russian forces had broken into the “territory of the plant.”Lateshia Beachum, Paulina Firozi, Claire Parker, David L. Stern and Loveday Morris contributed to this report.
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