More than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, most of them wounded, are stuck in the "death factory"

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk announced that more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers, including hundreds of wounded, are still stuck inside the Azovstal plant in the southern city of Mariupol, which has become known in the media as the "factory of death" under Russian control.

"More than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers are still inside the factory, and hundreds of them are wounded," the official told AFP.

"There are people who are seriously injured and need an emergency evacuation," Vereshchuk added.

The situation is deteriorating daily.

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