The last Ukrainian soldiers entrenched in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol have been ordered by Kiev to "
stop defending the city
", one of the commanders said in a video message on Friday May 20.
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The higher military command has given the order to save the lives of the soldiers of our garrison and to stop defending the city
", declared Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov regiment, one of the Ukrainian units present in the steelworks.