1700 Ukrainian soldiers reported to have surrendered | DW News

Russia says a total of 1700 Ukrainian fighters have now surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. If confirmed, that would be 700 more since Wednesday.

Moscow says most have been taken to a prison colony in Russian-controlled territory, while the injured are in hospital. These images come from Russia's Defense Ministry. The International Red Cross says it has registered hundreds of prisoners of war from the steel plant, including wounded fighters. Kyiv hopes to get the soldiers back in a prisoner swap, while Moscow has threatened to put some on trial for war crimes.

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[Ed-Murdough]

INVESTING MAKE UP THE TOP-NOTCH HEMISPHERE OF WEALTH, THAT IS MORE REASON ONE SHOULD SAVE AND INVEST TO SECURE MORE PROFIT AND ENSURE

SUCCESS

[robbaldwin]

Ah yes, evacuated to a prison colony.

[charlesxavier]

thank you for not using double speak. "evacuated"....

[pslaw]

They finally come around to say the unspeakable: SURRENDER 😱

[georgekaradov]

two days ago the fighters were being evacuated, today they are very objective

[simonm]

These guys you're calling soldiers...Killed 14, 000 innocent civilians, Tortured many in DPR and LPR regions ..They must face justice

[jeremywilson]

No ammunition to continue the fight, no food, many seriously wounded, no way out. There were not a lot of options.

[davidmwaba]

Am glad now that you are correctly using the word surrender, as opposed to you earlier report of evacuation...

[annietang]

Saving lives, be those of civilians or soldiers, is the universal value. If a leader doesn’t care about your life, he is not worthy of your loyalty.

[brahimghaouthi]

Finally western media learned that surrender isn't the same word as evacuated.

[harukrentz]

this is the first time dw published factual report about ukraine's war.

[arhagamer]

Finally the word surrender 🙌 is found 😅😅😅

[yearsago-dxyn]

Finally somebody use the word " surrender"

[antimimoniakos]

DW you have to make a decision. You change the terms day by day. Are they evacuated or surrendered?

[bojanm]

Surrender?! I thought "evacuated". 😄

[marketaklasektaylor]

Mathias is such a down to earth reporter. No hype, just good reporting .

[freddobbs]

They must go on trial as war criminals!!

[zbigniewsosnowski]

Germany ! Get a hold of yourselves! Are you betting on fascism again?

[DonLee]

I know it must have been tough to surrender, but without food and ammo, there's little they could do. I'm actually glad they were able to get out of there. 2 months of constant attacks, shelling, must have been a nightmare.

[peterchin]

Surrendered now? I thought they were "evacuated" as reported earlier. Will you please make up your mind as to which word to use?