Russian forces have started to storm the last pocket of resistance at a steel plant in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders have claimed.
The deputy commander of the Azov Regiment that is holed up in the Azovstal steel plant, confirmed that Russian forces had started to resume their assault on the plant on Tuesday, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians trapped underground despite a UN-brokered evacuation.
Meanwhile, Russian high-precision missiles have hit a logistics centre at a military airfield near Ukraine’s Odessa which was used to deliver weaponry given to Kiev by the west, the Russian defence ministry said.
The ministry said hangars containing unmanned Bayraktar TB2 drones, as well as missile weapons and ammunition from the US and European countries, were destroyed.
Odessa governor Maksym Marchenko said a rocket strike had hit the Black Sea port city on Monday evening, causing deaths and injuries.
And in other developments, a Ukrainian fighter in Mariupol has said up to 200 civilians remain trapped inside bunkers in the Azovstal steel works, despite an evacuation operation led by the UN to save civilians from the site.
