Russia claims nearly 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered at Azovstal Plant

The Russian MoD has claimed that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered at the Azovstal plant in the war-torn city of Mariupol so far this week.

Russian troops stormed the plant on April 19 and destroyed large areas, however pockets of organised resistance fighters of the Azov Battalion, a far-right unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, holed up in the plant and bravely mounted a strong resistance.