In the area of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, shots and shell explosions are heard, RIA Novosti reported. As a representative of the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR told the agency, the Ukrainian side violated the silence regime, in connection with which it was necessary to "take retaliatory actions."
“The Ukrainian side began to break the silence regime and had to take retaliatory actions,” he said.
According to the agency, shots and shell explosions are heard in the Azovstal area.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry said that on April 30, two groups of civilians came out of residential buildings adjacent to Azovstal.