More now from that press conference at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol. We’re now hearing from Lt Illia Samoilenko, who said “surrendering is not an option because Russia is not interested in our lives”.
“Surrender for us is unacceptable. We can’t grant such a big gift to the enemy,” he says. “To be captured for me means to be dead.”
“We’re fighting against an aggressor, the enemy who brings terror to Ukraine, against their barbarism,” he added.
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