The head of the DPR, Pushilin, said that the Ukrainian militants at Azovstal "have not long left"

According to him, "the backbone of neo-Nazis" remains at Azovstal, and "there is no active assault."

“But we are well aware that they do not have much time left due to various circumstances,” said the head of the DNR.

The Russian Defense Ministry previously stated that all the remnants of the Ukrainian Azov militants, along with foreign mercenaries from the United States and Europe, were securely blocked on the territory of Azovstal.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the assault on Azovstal in Mariupol would take three to four days.

President Vladimir Putin called the storming of the industrial zone inappropriate and ordered it to be cancelled.

At the same time, he ordered "to block the industrial zone so that the fly does not fly."