“The city is taken completely and irrevocably.
The entire territory was systematically cleared of nationalists..., the administrative building of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, which is of particular strategic importance, was taken under control, and the entire adjacent territory was cleared," he wrote in Telegram.
Kadyrov added that since the breakthrough of the defense of Mariupol, such an outcome was inevitable.
“I am sure that the Russian soldiers, as well as the fighters of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, have even more bright victories ahead.
After all, we are busy fulfilling truly great goals, and good luck always accompanies a just cause, ”he emphasized.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin called successful military work to liberate Mariupol.
He also called the assault on the industrial zone in Mariupol inappropriate and ordered it to be cancelled.
Putin instructed to block the industrial zone near the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where Ukrainian nationalists and foreign mercenaries are located.