Russian troops fired on a school in Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region, killing three adults, according to a Ukrainian official.Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said the eastern provinces of Luhansk and Donetsk – known collectively as the Donbas – were being turned into “hell” and warned that what he called the “final stage of the war” would be the bloodiest. Intense fighting has been reported around the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk as Russian forces appear to be stepping up an offensive to encircle its Ukrainian defenders. The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the Ukrainian combatants would be treated in line with international norms for prisoners of war, though several senior Russian politicians demanded this week they be put on trial and one even called for their execution. In a video statement, Prokopenko said civilians and heavily wounded Ukrainian fighters have been evacuated from the plant. Ukrainian soldiers had finally ended their defence of the site in Mariupol, according to the commander of Ukraine’s Azov regiment, Denys Prokopenko. Russia has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant, the country’s defence ministry said on Friday evening.The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said the combatants would be treated in line with international norms for PoWs, though several senior Russian politicians demanded this week they be put on trial and one even called for their execution. Russia earlier said that over 900 Ukrainian troops who were at Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant have been sent to a prison colony on Russian-controlled territory. If confirmed, the full abandonment of the bunkers and tunnels of the bombed-out plant would signify the end of the destructive siege that has been going on for two months. The unit was one of the main forces defending the steelworks. Pro-Kremlin telegram channels also released a video with Sergei Volynsky, the commander of the 36th Marine Brigade unit, in which he said that his unit has surrendered. “Underground structures of Azovstal where militants were hiding are now under full control of Russian armed forces,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that in total 2,439 Ukrainian fighters have surrendered. Russia has taken control of the Azovstal steel plant, the country’s defence ministry said on Friday evening.
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