The New York Times reported that two months after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, parts of a village near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv were still flooded. The culprit of the floods is not nature, but the Ukrainian army who "opened the gates and released water" at a nearby dam two months ago.
Demydiv, north of the capital Kyiv, was flooded on the second day of the Russian offensive on February 25, the report said. The reason is that in order to prevent the Russian army from attacking, the Ukrainian army deliberately opened the Irpin Dam near the area, creating artificial floods.
Demidiv is about 45 kilometers away from the capital Kyiv. Military experts commented that the operation made a great contribution to delaying the Russian army's attack in the early stage of the war and preventing the capital from falling. Because a shallow lake was formed in the village, it was difficult for Russian tanks to enter.
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3912128
On Sunday about 100 civilians had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, the last Ukrainian holdout in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Nearly every building at the plant has been destroyed, new satellite images.
The UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross are coordinating the safe passage efforts.
UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said operation began on Friday alongside a joint UN/ICRC convoy traveling from Zaporizhzhia and reached the steel plant in Mariupol on Saturday morning.
(02-05-2022, 11:27 AM)Teeth53 Wrote: [ -> ]On Sunday about 100 civilians had been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant, the last Ukrainian holdout in the besieged city of Mariupol.
Nearly every building at the plant has been destroyed, new satellite images.
The UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross are coordinating the safe passage efforts.
UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said operation began on Friday alongside a joint UN/ICRC convoy traveling from Zaporizhzhia and reached the steel plant in Mariupol on Saturday morning.
Russian news agency TASS, citing the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, reported that 80 civilians were rescued from the "territory" of the Azovstal plant and evacuated to a Russian-controlled compound a few miles away.
It's clear within the plant itself. No evacuation of civilians from the besieged Mariupol has been paused until Monday, the Mariupol City Council announced Sunday, citing "security reasons."
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europ...index.html
Zelensky said later Sunday that for the first time, the vital corridor to evacuate civilians from the plant, he still tine he can evacuate their troops f.f.a. (free-for-all).
(02-05-2022, 12:01 PM)Teeth53 Wrote: [ -> ]Zelensky said later Sunday that for the first time, the vital corridor to evacuate civilians from the plant, he still tine he can evacuate their troops f.f.a. (free-for-all).
After the evacuation of those civilians, the steel plant came under fire again Sunday night, according to a Ukrainian soldier in Mariupol who spoke to Ukrainian television.
"They began firing again as soon as the evacuation was completed," said Denis Schlega, commander of the 12th brigade of Ukraine's National Guard. Schlega, he claimed they were using "all kinds of weapons."
(02-05-2022, 11:35 AM)Teeth53 Wrote: [ -> ]Russian news agency TASS, citing the Ministry of Defense in Moscow, reported that 80 civilians were rescued from the "territory" of the Azovstal plant and evacuated to a Russian-controlled compound a few miles away.
It's clear within the plant itself. No evacuation of civilians from the besieged Mariupol has been paused until Monday, the Mariupol City Council announced Sunday, citing "security reasons."
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europ...index.html
"The city's literally under siege for almost two months now. And Russians, they don't allow us to bring food into the city or water into the city."
"They're not allowing us to take the civilians out of the city in a centralized manner. They make people either move out in their own automobiles or even walk by foot through the minefields. It's a humanitarian disaster there."
Asked why Russian Putin wants to take Azovstal so badly, Ryzhenkov tells CNN, "I don't think it's the plant that he wants.""I think it's about the symbolism that they wanted to conquer Mariupol."
At least 150 employees have been killed and thousands remain unaccounted for, he says.
(02-05-2022, 12:17 PM)Teeth53 Wrote: [ -> ]"The city's literally under siege for almost two months now. And Russians, they don't allow us to bring food into the city or water into the city."
"They're not allowing us to take the civilians out of the city in a centralized manner. They make people either move out in their own automobiles or even walk by foot through the minefields. It's a humanitarian disaster there."
Asked why Russian Putin wants to take Azovstal so badly, Ryzhenkov tells CNN, "I don't think it's the plant that he wants.""I think it's about the symbolism that they wanted to conquer Mariupol."
At least 150 employees have been killed and thousands remain unaccounted for, he says.
Mariupol’s vast steel plant is shielding around 1,000 people, and the scene of a last-stand battle. The pocket of Ukrainian fighters entrenched has become a symbol of the country’s unwavering resistance in the face of an enemy that far outnumbers them.
Russians, putin don’t allow us to bring food into the city or water in” 'not allowing us to take the civilians out of the city in a centralized manner, make either move out in their own automobiles or even walk by foot through the minefields. Ryzhenkov says.
Yuriy Ryzhenkov, CEO of Metinvest Holding which owns the plant, is devastated by what he sees happening to the plant.
https://egyptindependent.com/mariupols-v...nd-battle/