Russian forces were close to seizing Mariupol on Saturday, with defense officials in Moscow saying the only significant opposition in the city was the 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers…
(Newser) – Russian forces were close to seizing Mariupol on Saturday, with defense officials in Moscow saying the only significant opposition in the city was the 2,500 Ukrainian soldiers surrounded at a huge steel plant. There’s no way out for the troops, a Russian defense ministry spokesman said, per the New York Times. « The only chance to save their lives is to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender, » he said, the Russian state news agency, Tass, reported. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Russian forces in the strategically important port are better equipped and six times the size of his.