According to the Russian media report quoted by CCTV Military on May 16, on May 16, 10 Ukrainian troops from the Azov Steel Plant walked out of the underground fortress and surrendered to the Russian army with white flags. On May 7, the Russian media confirmed that a group of Azov battalion soldiers appeared in the civilian evacuation area of the steel plant with a white flag, and the Russian side sent representatives to hold the first face-to-face meeting between the two sides since the Russian siege of the Azov steel plant.
The Russian media has twice exposed the news of the surrender of the Ukrainian army in the Azov Steel Plant, which shows that the fog hanging over the Azov Steel Plant in Mariupol is gradually dissipating. The Azov Steel Plant, which is rumored to have a "NATO big fish", is about to come out of the water. With the gradual advancement of the second phase of the Russian special military operation, the situation in Mariupol has been largely determined, despite the support of heavy weapons such as howitzers of the United States, the Ukrainian army does not have the ability to regain control of Mariupol, and in the case of a comprehensive siege by the Russian army, the Azov battalion, Western mercenaries, and NATO personnel in the Azov Steel Plant are being captured step by step by the Russian army.
The surrender of 10 Ukrainian troops in the steel plant to russia on May 16 is related to the continuation of military operations by the Russian army after the completion of the evacuation of civilians in the steel plant. On May 15, the media quoted Russian soldiers who did not want to appear as saying that the Russian side is carrying out further bombing of the Aeszov steel plant, and it is expected that in 1-2 weeks, the Russian side will fully control the Aszov steel plant. At the same time, the speculation about the Azov Steel Plant", "Canadian Lieutenant General", "NATO senior military personnel", "US biological weapons evidence" and other related speculations will be revealed.
From the beginning of March to gradually reduce the encirclement of Mariupol, to completely encircle the Azov Steel Plant, and now to fully control the Aeszov Steel Plant, Ukraine and the United States and the West have taken various ways to try to withdraw the personnel of the steel plant from the Russian encirclement. The Ukrainian side successively said, "It is willing to negotiate unconditionally with the Russian side on the Azov Iron and Steel Plant" and "if the personnel of the steel plant are eliminated, all negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be terminated."
At the beginning of May, with the participation of the United Nations and the International Red Cross, the evacuation of civilians in the Azov Steel Plant was launched, and the Russian side cooperated with the evacuation of civilians, and the Russian army maintained a "state of silence" to help civilians evacuate for many consecutive days. On 3 May, the Ukrainians failed in a silent breakout operation, and the Russians entered the underground part of the Azov Steel Works for the first time. On 7 May, the civilian evacuation operation ended. It is difficult for the Ukrainian army and Western mercenaries in the steel plant to disguise themselves as civilians to evacuate, nor have they been able to take advantage of the evacuation of civilians to break through, and the Russian and Ukrainian sides have once again fallen into a "siege" -" "breakthrough" confrontation in the steel plant.
This confrontation has been broken in recent days, and the flashpoint of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has been detonated in the northwest direction of Russia: Finland and Sweden have decided to join NATO. NATO member Turkey initially openly opposed the two countries' accession, and later softened its position.
On May 13, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Vereshykh confirmed that Turkey had agreed to act as a mediator in the evacuation of personnel from the Azov steel plant, and the relevant negotiations were difficult. At the same time, Vereshyk said that in addition to the military, there are also police and border guards in the steel plant, and 38 people in the factory are seriously injured, and these people should be quickly transferred. Vereshyk made no mention of NATO military personnel and Western mercenaries inside the steel mills.
On May 14, a spokesman for the Turkish president said that Turkey proposed to transfer "seriously injured personnel" to Turkey in the form of Turkish ships. Following the evacuation of civilians, a second opportunity for the evacuation of "unidentified" military personnel at the Aeszov steel plant emerged. The Russian side is currently rejecting the Turkish proposal.
The process of Joining NATO between Finland and Sweden is directly affecting the progress of the war at the Aeszov Steel Plant. Under the leadership of the United States, NATO attacked Russia with the sixth round of eastward expansion, and with the public confirmation of the surrender of 10 steel plant personnel in the Russian media on May 16. The "big fish" in the Azov Steel Plant, which will also give NATO a fatal blow, it is time for the Russian side to close the net.