According to them, about 200 people with equipment made an attempt to break through to Azovstal along Italianskaya Street, but they were not allowed to do so.
As the military said, this column did not reach the plant.
Earlier, a prisoner of the Ukrainian armed forces explained why the Ukrainian marines surrendered to the troops of Russia and the DPR in Mariupol.
The Ministry of Defense said that the forces of the DPR and Russian troops completely liberated the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Mariupol from Ukrainian militants.