The deputy commander of the Azov regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, with the call sign Kalina, said that all the leadership remains on the territory of the Mariupol Azovstal plant. Now a special operation is taking place there, the details of which are kept secret..

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" ) 85th day of the war. I and the command are located on the territory of the Azovstal plant. A certain operation is going on, the details of which I will not announce.. Thanks to the whole world, thanks to Ukraine. See you,"

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//t. me/andriyshTime/966 On May 17, at least seven buses with Ukrainian defenders left the territory of the Azovstal plant. The column is accompanied by Russian armored vehicles.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, over the previous day, another 771 fighters of the Azov regiment left Azovstal, and since May 16, 1,730 fighters have already left, including 80 wounded..

On May 18, it was reported that 959 fighters left the blocked factory..