After weeks of battles, the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol has completely fallen into the hands of the Russians: last night the last 521 soldiers barricaded inside were brought out. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu announced the completion of the operation in the Mariupol steelworks: “Today the last group of 521 militants surrendered.” And at the dawn of the 86th day of the war, the Kremlin also included in the register of “unwelcome” the businessman opposing President Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, and the world chess champion Garry Kasparov: the “two men were busy in political activities financed by Ukraine and the United States ”, the Russian ministry specified.
Meanwhile, the conflict continues with the bombs that fall incessantly on the Donbass, so much so that the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky speaks of “hell”. The Russians also attacked a school in Severodonetsk, resulting in three deaths.
The war also continues on the web: pro-Russian hackers claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on Italian institutional sites, in particular those of five airports. In the sights of the Killnet collective the portals of the ministries of Foreign, Environment, Cultural Heritage, Education and Defense, as well as those of the Government, CSM, Court of Auditors and Customs Agency, large companies and media including thebreaking latest news.
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