Ukrainian fighters evacuated from Azovstal steel plant after surrender to Russian forces

After more than 250 Ukrainian fighters surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, Ukraine said on Tuesday it had ordered its full garrison to evacuate, bringing an apparent end to the bloodiest battle in Europe for decades.

More than 50 wounded troops were taken from Azovstal to a hospital in the Russian-controlled town of Novoazovsk on Monday, and more than 210 others were taken to the town of Olenivka in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatists. Some 600 troops were believed to have still been inside the steel plant.

“Nothing good will come out of it, because we don’t know how the Russians will treat the Ukrainian soldiers,” said one resident from Kyiv. “Actually, we do know, we’ve already seen that in Bucha, Irpin and other towns.”

Ukrainian troops say they held out in Azovstal for 82 days, buying time for the rest of Ukraine to battle Russian forces and secure Western arms needed to withstand Russia's assault.

Mariupol is now in ruins and Ukraine says tens of thousands of people in the city have been killed.

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[wren]

As a German I thought we lost WW2 now I see that we just “evacuated” from it

[mohommadkasamshaikh]

Suddenly the whole western media has become allergic to the word surrender.

[MarkMiller]

Evacuation is by friendly forces, when you’re taken by the enemy is just called surrender.

[a.t]

Not a surrender, just a tactical retreat to Siberia.

[pnnisvi]

"Heroes" being rescued by russians soldiers what a terrible episode for Western propaganda 😂

[Ivanna_Jerkov]

I'm pretty sure evacuation doesn't mean what you think it does.

[tonyfernandes]

Misleading who? Evacuated or surrendered? Don't mince words!

[hardracerone]

Russia had announced 2 weeks ago they had already liberated Mariupol. Our beloved state media said it was propaganda, now you decide to tell the truth?

[pauljackson]

Global News needs better propagandists. Or is it becoming impossible to spin the truth into lies fit for Canadians?

[antiquefuturistic]

Evacuation from whom ?
Aren’t those soldiers were fighting a now they needed to be saved?
Its called “Surrendered” not Evacuated

[leolennox]

So all of this occurred in "Russian controlled" territory yet the report's sources are from the Ukrainian side. As someone noted, our media run a daily show called "Zelensky Sez".

The closest the report comes to informing us that it was a surrender is when they said "allegedly surrendered" otherwise a synonym for "surrender" seems to be "rescue" or "evacuate".

[jbjeanavane]

Military journalist Sladkov gives statistics about Azovstal:
1. In total, more than 2, 500 people were there when the surrender began
2. Of these, Azov is 804 people.
3. The total number of injured is 404, including 55 serious.
4. Over 200 frozen corpses.
5. Three Russian prisoners (1 officer, 2 soldiers)

[gloriacheon]

You know it's a lie the Soldiers from the Azov Battalion are Russian Prisoners now.

[chrisl]

They held out in Azovstal for 82 days using civilians as human shields. This is not my kind of heros.

[TooManyChoices]

What an interesting way to say they surrendered 🤔😒

[freddiethompson]

So what? Russians won the war, and Ukrainians won the eurovision 2022 contest! Bravo and Slava goes to comedian Zelensky!

[xxoo-lpvc]

Evacuated is not appropriate. It should be "they have surrendered"🤣🤣🤣

[scoverlive]

So much for heroes, they just got crashed by Russia

[erikred]

Say Surrendered you Babies. Use your words.

[zack]

If they ever come out from Russian prison. They can tell their kids/grandkids that they fought hard by not coming out from a hole they were in and in the end got evacuated!