Ukraine: Russia blasts Mariupol steel plant sheltering civilians

Ukrainian officials said Tuesday that Russian forces had begun bombing and shelling the Azovstal factory in the besieged city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian forces and civilians remain encircled. CNN cannot independently confirm the location of Russian strikes, but pro-Kremlin media embedded with separatists and Russian forces have released footage of the shelling of Azovstal. #CNN #News

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  1. It’s amazing they keep the trains running! Here in England the trains get cancelled if it’s too sunny, too windy, heavy rain or snow.

    1. They just say that because loads of people are throwing themselves on the tracks in this country these days

    2. Oh, dear I miss GB 😂. Two raindrops and we asked, why the train isn’t running. 😂bloody tourists😂. They switched us to buses with not working baggage compartment😂 I had a tinnitus after this 3hr trip😂😂. In Austria you can rely on the train and the schedule 😊 (unfortunately..cause I am often late in the morning😂). First world (without war) problems…
      But I guess the Russians need the train to transport their tanks. Cause Russia loves it tanks, but they are slow. So they rely on trains to transport the tanks in and out of the Ukraine. That’s why even Ukrainians destroyed some of their own rails by themselves.

  2. It’s like just another day for Ukrainians, war or no war they just get on with it.
    Incredible people for sure
    They are inspiring the rest of the free world
    God bless them
    #SlavaUkraine

    1. @AB What makes you think they don´t LET the civilians leave? Maybe the civilians (especially the women and children) are more afraid of russian hands than russian bombs. And who could blame them?

    1. @Emma Green and yet Azov manages to post videos from there and even ask the Pope for help. Looks like they know no help is coming from their country

    2. @Ольга Свиридова Its sad, no matter which side that you support, that maybe up to 2500 people were just abandoned by their country to die.

    3. @Emma Green not sad at all. Those are animals from Azov. Not even sure there are civilians there

    4. @Ольга Свиридова I’m pretty sure they have civilians there, they use them as shields to keep Russia from bombing them. But Russia will het tired of waiting on them to come out

    1. Yes, so what are we even talking about it’s so childless. These reporters and leaders are totally nuts

    2. @Joe Alonzo *hopefully you are not so blind and you can’t see that they are using those civilians as Human Shields.*

  3. My co worker was from ukraine. Amazing guy. A genius with fixing and maintaining anything. Unfortunately he suffered many bouts of cancer brought on by his past exposure to chernobyl.
    He faced it all with steadfast bravery but passed away 6 months into retirement in florida. Age 63.

    1. @Liberty In Peril You should watch Patrick Lancaster’s videos, he’s on the ground in Mariupol and talking to civilians that are saying pretty much what you just said.

      They’re also very vocal about their hatred for the Azov battalion and Zelenskyy who has just left them to die.

      I advise obtaining a strong stomach before you watch though, some of the stuff there is VERY grim.

  4. Oh man that’s very very sad and very heroic of those people that shows how much Ukraine just wants to live without a constant threat of the deadly Bully. Prayers to Ukraine!!! I’ve never seen people who so desperately have to fight just to have what we all want is work family and home without violence!!! Stand strong Ukraine America loves you!!!

    1. yeah right. They wanted to surrender but Zelensky informed them they would be shot in that case. What a nice ukranian clown- oops sorry, president

    2. actually it’s Donbas people living in constant threat of being killed by their own goverment. How conveniently you always forget about that

  5. Now we all know for how long Russia has been asking the Azov battalion hiding in that steel plant to surrender but they refused and kept civilians in there as human shields.

  6. Well done! The Swedish half government owned and run, “SJ” train company, could learn, not just a thing or two here.. but pretty much everything!! In short.. They would get SCHOOLED!!!

  7. Desperate to get out? They refused to surrender hiding out in those very defensible Soviet Era vast underground nuclear bunkers under that factory. The Azov dudes should send those women and children they are using baa human shields to come out. They can remain there until they die.

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