The commander of the DPR unit reported two attempts by militants to break through from Azovstal

“There were two attempts to break through with Azovstal.

In the north direction.

But they were stopped,” he told RIA Novosti.

According to him, it happened three or four days ago.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that up to 400 foreign mercenaries were surrounded in Mariupol, most of them are citizens of European countries, as well as Canada.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that Kyiv ordered the militants located on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, surrounded and blocked in Mariupol, to shoot those who want to lay down their arms.