As Russian troops continue to fight against Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced that it has agreed to evacuate Ukrainian wounded soldiers from the steelworks at the key point of Mariupol.



Meanwhile, the mayor of Mariupol said in an interview with NHK that the steelworks were being attacked by Russian troops.

In Ukraine, fierce offenses and defenses continue in the eastern part where the Russian army is aiming for seizure, and on the 16th, the Russian Defense Ministry destroyed the Ukrainian army's ammunition depot and command post in eastern Donetsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv states with missiles. I announced that I did.



In response, in eastern Ukraine, the Governor of Kharkiv told local media on the 16th that "Ukrainian troops have reached the border with Russia and are regaining territory," and senior Ukrainian Defense Ministry officials also said in Ukraine. An analysis was revealed that the army had pushed back Russian troops deployed around Kharkiv to near the border with Russia.



He also said that in the eastern part of Ukraine, the exchange of artillery between the Russian army and the Ukrainian army continued, and the Russian side was not able to greatly expand the territory of control.



Meanwhile, on the 16th, the Russian Ministry of Defense over Mariupol, a key point in the east, temporarily ceasefired to evacuate the injured Ukrainian troops left behind in the Azovstal iron and steel plant surrounded by Russian troops. Announced that it has agreed with the side.



Prior to this, the Ukrainian side has requested that the injured soldiers be evacuated from the steelworks, and the Russian Defense Ministry will transport the injured soldiers to a medical facility on the side of pro-Russian armed groups in eastern Donetsk Oblast under this agreement. I am planning to do it.



Mayor Boychenko said in an online interview with NHK on the 16th, "About 90% of Mariupol's is occupied by Russian troops, and more than 100,000 citizens are still left behind. The Russian army is trying to bring it back to the city by offering housing, etc. ", revealing the fact that evacuation is not progressing because the Russian side is blocking it.



He added that civilians may have been left behind at the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works. It has spread. It seems that modern weapons have been used. "