There is a possibility that the Russian military broke into the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where our military and civilians are located. UP reports..

" Heavy fighting is going on at Azovstal. There is no connection with Ukrainian fighters,"

Updated.

Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boychenko also noted during the telethon that heavy fighting continues on the territory of the enterprise.

" Our guys are harrowing this fortress, but very hard, because they are working on this fortress from heavy artillery, they are working with tanks, aviation is working, the ships have approached and are also extinguishing this fortress,"

[see_also ids\u003d"

Recall, on May 3, Russian invaders started the Azovstal assault metallurgical plant in Mariupol, journalist Andrei Tsaplienko said.. Civilians and Ukrainian defenders still remain on its territory..

Mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko said that more than 100 thousand people remain in the occupied city. According to preliminary data, there were about a thousand Mariupol civilians, including about 60 children, in the bomb shelters of the Azovstal plant.. Also there are several hundred wounded Ukrainian soldiers..