Moscow, annihilate Kiev troops in Mariupol, last resisters

(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 16 - The Russian Defense Ministry affirms that it has "completely cleaned the area of ​​the city of Mariupol from all the militiamen of the Azov battalion, foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian troops", and adds however that "resistance groups are still active in the Azovstal steel plant ".

"The rest of the Ukrainian groups are now totally locked in the Azovstal steel plant, and the only chance they have of saving their lives is to lay down their weapons and surrender," said ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov.

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