Ukraine ends mission to defend steel plant

Updated May 17 2022 - 9:31am, first published 9:26am
The servicemen defending the Azovstal steel plant have fulfilled their combat mission, Ukraine says.
The servicemen defending the Azovstal steel plant have fulfilled their combat mission, Ukraine says.

Ukraine's military command says the mission to defend the besieged Azovstal steel plant by "the heroes of our time" in the strategic southern port of Mariupol is over and has pledged to rescue servicemen still trapped inside.

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