Mariupol falls to Russian forces as defending troops evacuated - BBC News

The siege of Mariupol is all but over as hundreds of its Ukrainian defenders finally abandoned the steel plant where they had held out for months under relentless bombardment.

More than 260 Ukrainian soldiers, some of them seriously wounded, have left the ruins of the Azovstal steel plant and turned themselves over to Russian forces.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian military, intelligence and negotiating teams, as well as the Red Cross and the United Nations were involved in the evacuation operation.

It’s not clear what will now happen to the Ukrainian troops. Ukraine hopes that they will be freed in an exchange with Russian prisoners.

While Russia called the operation a surrender, the Ukrainians said Mariupol’s defenders had successfully completed their mission to tie down Russian forces.

Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker and Lyse Doucet in Ukraine.

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[Francis-qfhr]

*Russia:" Mariupol has fallen.* *Defending troops have* *surrendered* "

*BBC:"No they haven't. You just* *evacuated them with their hands* *in the air"*

[Deni]

In 1943 the Sixth army and Field Marshal Paulus also were evacuated from Stalingrad according to BBC.

[drcover]

I really love the way BBC adopts the Ukrainian self-determination of unconditional surrender as evacuation - very mature; so mature, it is rotten.

[htaukkyanmyo]

Western media: Ukraine evacuated soldiers from Azovstal.
Rest of the world: They surrendered and were taken to Russia.

[petertiang]

Let's call a surrender a surrender, not an "evacuation"

[RetardskillMe]

BBC, really? Why not change to:

"Ukrainian soldiers given the red carpet as Mariupol exchanged hands"

[bhanukaellepola]

This is very painful news to BBC, even they say it's evacuated 😂😂

[e-rgames]

It reminds me of the successful evacuation of Paulus's army from Stalingrad to GULAGs.

[DGrin]

Defending troops were not evacuated, they surrendered.

[VS-igut]

BBC should know English language well enough to know that this is "surrender" not "evacuation"

[sawfishv]

Correction
They didn’t evacuate they surrendered to the Russian army
Why lie about it ?

[reynardus]

I have just evacuated my stomach contents after a rather large meal. I was thinking Azov Battalion the whole time.

[higherbeingX]

It's not evacuation, it's called surrender

[klexypuncher]

They are being evacuated to a Siberian resort maintained by Russia Military to enjoy wide offerings of massage and rehabilitation.

[konstantinospapadopoulos]

They laid they arms and taken by the enemy : Yes this is evacuation.. They evacuate them to prison!

[ChessNoobX]

For those that can't read past propaganda... here's a few clarities
Propaganda:
1.occupation, special military operation
2. Evacuation
3.contractors

Translation:
1.Invasion
2.Surrender
3. Mercenaries

[ericadi]

If Solders go out without weapons and are searched with highly raised arms, then it's called surrender not evacuation, so we can say the Ukrainians have surrendered and are evacuated in the PDW camp

[bluntrazor]

Let's have it right, they surrendered No shame, not having a dig, just annoyed at the way it's being reported.

[ehisgeorge]

Seems after Dunkirk, the British sees everything as "Evacuation."

[keithteach]

this is the equality of me getting stuck in the middle of the desert and being kidnapped and saying I was rescued .