The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Russian troops began bombing the Azovstal steel plant in the port city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine “after Ukrainian soldiers took advantage of the truce, opened fire and redeployed,” RIA Novosti quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying. as they say on Tuesday.
“After the announcement of the ceasefire, the Ukrainian military, who settled at the plant, took advantage of the ceasefire and redeployed to firing positions,” the report says.
“Now parts of the Russian army and the (pro-Russian) Donetsk Republic have begun to use artillery and aircraft to destroy these firing positions,” the ministry added.
