The vast steel plant is the final outpost for Ukrainian forces in the city of Mariupol, but reliable information about the situation there is scarce.
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"It seems in the east, in the shallow suburb between the [Azovstal] plant and the countryside, the Chechens and whoever else was fighting there had a bit of ebb and flow: they'd go forward, they'd come back," a defence expert at Janes said. The Azov regiment is the Ukrainian battalion that has been fighting Russian forces in Mariupol. They are widely considered to be one of Ukraine's most capable units, but many of its troops are affiliated with Ukraine's far-right.
The next day footage of at least eight strikes - marked by the red dots - on industrial buildings in a section of the plant close to the river was shared on social media. They also question the motives that underpin public announcements of assaults on the site by Russian forces.
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