Defenders of Mariupol at the Azovstal plant keep fighting against Russian invaders

Ukrainian troops that are defending Mariupol and stationed at the Azovstal plant will continue to fight the Russian troops.

Ilya Samoilenko, an intelligence officer from the Azov Regiment, stated this during an online briefing.

Soldiers of the Azov Special Operations Detachment, which is defending the city that is almost completely captured by the Russian invaders, still have some supplies of food and weapons.

Ilya Samoilenko assured that Ukrainian soldiers will continue to fight the aggressors.

“We still have provisions, we still have weapons, we may be short of military equipment and heavy artillery, but we can’t use artillery now anyway, because it’s too close to the city itself. You know what I mean. Russia hasn’t stopped using artillery yet, but we can’t be doing that.

Our resources here are limited. All our supplies are limited because we are not getting any resupplies: we have now been fighting on our own for almost two and a half months.

We still have water, we still have ammunition, we still have personal weapons – we will fight until we have the best possible resolution of the situation,” said an officer of the Azov Regiment.

According to Samoilenko, the defenders of Mariupol have four options, but the only acceptable one is to keep fighting, and captivity would mean death for them.

At the same briefing, Captain Sviatoslav Palamar, Azov Regiment Deputy Commander shared that the Russian shelling of Azovstal was continuing, and the authorities must proceed with the evacuation and at least get the wounded soldiers out.

Women, children, and the elderly were evacuated from the blocked plant last week. Mariupol has been besieged by the Russian invaders for over two months.

The actions of the Russian military caused a large-scale humanitarian catastrophe in the city.

The invaders are bombing residential areas and civilian infrastructure, and blocking humanitarian aid. As a result, over 20,000 people died.