The Battle of Mariupol was still not over, and the Azov battalion in the Asian Steel Works resisted desperately and refused to surrender. Knowing that he was in a desperate situation, he was able to continue to fight hard, not his usual tenacity, on May 11, the 77th day of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said: The Russian army has been run away, and the ukrainian counter-offensive in the Kharkiv region has made quite good progress, and has retaken the villages in the north and northeast of Kharkiv.
The president is confident
At the beginning of the war, the Russian army launched a surprise attack on Kharkov in an attempt to capture the second largest city in Ukraine, but it was not successful, the battle between the two sides was quite difficult, and after entering May, the Ukrainian army launched a continuous counterattack, successfully driving the Russian army out of Kharkov, and the city was no longer threatened by Russian artillery fire.
Kharkov counter-offensive
In the eyes of many, the success of the Ukrainian counterattack in Kharkov could herald a shift in the momentum of the war and endanger the security of The Russian homeland. However, the situation in Maupol still did not improve, they were still under siege, and now there was not only little food left, but also a shortage of medical treatment. Judging from the news of 11 May, the Azov battalion had to retreat into the underground fortifications, and in the temporary hospital, many people could be found who had lost their limbs. It turned out that wounded soldiers were forced to amputate their limbs to save their lives, the environment at that time was too poor, there were no sanitary conditions, there was no necessary medicine, wound infections and other situations could not be effectively controlled, often only amputated to save their lives, there was almost no better way.
Now the members of the Azov Regiment, who have been calling for outside support, demanded that the wounded be sent out, and repeatedly pleaded with the outside world: that the wounded be immediately evacuated to the Ukrainian-controlled area, and that they be helped and properly cared for. But they still refused to surrender, and the Russians did not accept them leaving as prisoners.
Many of the wounded were amputated
At present, the Ukrainian side is full of confidence, Zelenskiy is already celebrating the success of the Kharkov counterattack in his national speech, shouting: to liberate all our cities, but only the remnants of the Mariupol army are left to move, when the wounded soldiers who lack medical treatment and medicine are forced to amputate their limbs and save their lives, Zelenskiy said that he had beaten away the Russian army, trying to boost morale, showing a kind of indifference.
Let the remaining defenders continue to fight, and the only end is ruthless annihilation. Even if the remnants of the Azov battalion asked the whole world for help, they repeatedly appealed to the outside world in various ways, found everyone who could be found, and said very beautifully, such as: at the expense of their own health, to protect Ukraine and the entire civilized world. But it was of no use, Zelenskiy still refused to let them surrender, he only knew how to perform as much as he wanted, to make a good image of himself, to talk about morality, and the Russian army had no intention of letting them go, and would not be kind to the enemy, only given two choices: death or surrender.
Civilians have been evacuated
Russia and Ukraine have long spelled out a vendetta, this war has been impossible to resolve through negotiations, Zelenskiy is not optimistic, the Russian army would rather give up Kharkov but also in Donbass, the determination can not be doubted, but also too underestimated the strength of the Russian army, perhaps Kharkov just lured the Ukrainian army out of the city field, with the goal of killing and injuring the Ukrainian army.
This war can only become more and more cruel, and perhaps by the time Zelenskiy knew that he was asking for peace, the Ukrainian army was already bleeding into a river, and there was no room for redemption!