According to Oleksiy Arestovych, adviser to the head of the President’s Office, by May 5, the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the troops of the Russian Federation from the territory of the Mariupol plant Azovstal.
He stated this during the All-Ukrainian telethon.
– We can say that Russian troops entered the territory of Azovstal yesterday. They were knocked out by our defenders. What is happening now – we summarize the information, because there is a lot of it, and it is contradictory. There are many emotions around, but we cannot afford to give unverified information, – Arestovych said.
He added that information about the continuation of fighting in the area of the plant is still being clarified.
Earlier, the commander of the Azov regiment, Denys Prokopenko, said in a video message that the Russian troops had been at the Azovstal plant for the second day, but the Azov regiment continued to hold the line.