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In Mariupol, a city in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian army is fighting with a steel mill centered on it.
Russian forces have also begun attacking the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, and the international community has responded in unison.
Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo.
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Azoustal Works in Mariupol, southern Ukraine.
Several bombardments have turned the area into ruins.
While the entire area of Mariupol was occupied by Russian forces, only the steelworks here remained and became the last stronghold of the Ukrainian army.
Currently, it is known that 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers and nearly 1,000 civilian refugees remain. The Russian army declared an armistice in the area near the steelworks and conciliated that it would allow Ukrainian troops and civilians to evacuate through humanitarian channels if they surrender. went to
[Mikhail Mijinchev / Commander of the Russian National Defense Management Center: Russian forces opened a humanitarian channel for surrendering Ukrainian
forces to escape (from the Azoustal Works).]
It said that it had launched a large-scale ground attack in response, explaining that it was to connect the Krm Peninsula, which was forcibly annexed by Russia, with the Donbas region, where the pro-Russian separatist republic is located.
The West has begun discussing additional sanctions against Russia.
[Jen Saki, White House Press Secretary: The United States and its allies discussed how to hold Russia accountable for its aggression by continuing to impose severe economic costs on Russia.]
In addition, Western countries such as the United States, Britain, and Germany have been seeking additional weapons against Ukraine. promised support.