“This place was a very important strategic point.
Thanks to the fact that we managed to cut off the path to him, the enemy retreated, and in the end he had to surrender, ”said Kuznetsov.
On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
In total, 2,439 Ukrainian military and Azov militants laid down their arms and surrendered.