Ukrainians trapped in Azovstal steel plant consider desperate measures as Russians close in
CNN
As Russian forces close in on the Azovstal steel plant, the Ukrainian civilians and resistance fighters holed up in the last bastion of Mariupol are facing "nonstop" bombardment and running dangerously low on supplies -- forcing some to consider desperate measures to survive.
Fighters inside the besieged plant are "sharing water and food" with civilians -- but time is running out, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment, Svyatoslav Palamar, told CNN on Monday evening.
"We are extremely short on supplies in terms of water and food. I cannot tell you for sure how much is left... but I can assure you that we are saving, very fearful without water and food, and especially ammunition," Palamar, who is inside the plant, said.
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