The latest situation in Russia and Ukraine: the Russian army issued an ultimatum!Ukrainian Marine Corps Brigade Commander Killed
CCTV News The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian army has taken control of all urban areas in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol except the Azov Steel Plant. On the 16th, the Russian side urged the Ukrainian armed personnel and foreign mercenaries who were besieged in the Azov Steel Plant to surrender, lay down their weapons and leave the Azov Steel Plant from 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Moscow time on the 17th. However, the Ukrainian side rejected the ultimatum. That afternoon, the fighting over the Azov steel plant resumed.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmegar said on the 17th that Ukrainian troops surrounded by the Azov steel plant have rejected Russia’s surrender request. He also stressed that Ukrainian forces still control some areas of Mariupol. The Russian Ministry of Defense said on the 17th that its intercepted telegrams showed that the Ukrainian government prohibited the surrender of Ukrainian armed personnel and foreign mercenaries in the Azov steel plant. Russia’s “Izvestia” reported on the 17th that the Russian Chechen forces said that the Russian army has resumed the offensive in the Azov steel plant area, and the surrounded Ukrainian armed personnel and foreign mercenaries are in the steel plant’s underground facilities up to six floors deep. Defend. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on the same day that the Russian army continued to launch missile attacks and military bombings on Mariupol, where the Azov steel plant is located, on the 17th, and the Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bombers also participated in the air strikes.
Donetsk Armed Forces: Commander of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps killed in action
In addition, the Donetsk Armed Forces said on the 17th that on the night of the 11th to the 12th, the Donetsk Armed Forces prevented the Ukrainian Marine Corps’ 36th Brigade’s breakout attempt at the Mariupol Ilyich Metallurgical Plant. There were 50 in the battle. One Ukrainian soldier was killed, including five senior officers, and 42 others surrendered. The Donetsk armed forces said that during an inspection of the battle site, they found the body of Baranuk, the commander of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps, as well as his personal belongings and weapons.
Ukrainian foreign minister says situation in Mariupol is very serious
According to Ukrainian media reports, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said in an interview with CBS on the 17th that after weeks of siege by the Russian army, the situation in Mariupol has become very serious. no longer exists”. The remnants of the Ukrainian army and a large number of civilians are surrounded by the Russian army in Mariupol, and they will continue to fight. Kuleba also said that Mariupol could become a “red line” in negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that if Russia eliminated the Ukrainian defenders of Mariupol, then peace talks could not continue.