On May 20, 2022, Ukrainian forces, led by the Azov Regiment that had resisted Russian forces for nearly three months, laid down their arms and exited the Azovstal steel plant. There were then about 2,500 soldiers remaining in Azovstal, of whom a quarter to a third were wounded. Here's a look inside the plant. Story by Natalie Liu. Photos by Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment, Ukrainian National Guard.
Amid Ruins of Azovstal, Images of Pain and Sacrifice
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The Russians are "sending in their tanks, using their ships’ guns, their planes, everything," an officer of the Azov Regiment told French author Bernard-Henri Levy. (Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment, Ukrainian National Guard)
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A small Ukrainian flag hangs in a bunker in Azovstal before the Russians took the steel plant. (Dmytro Kozatsky, Azov Regiment, Ukrainian National Guard)
