Ukraine braces for renewed attack

By Agence France-Presse

May 09, 2022 12:42 am

ZAPORIZHZHIA: All vulnerable civilians have been evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks holdout in Mariupol, Ukraine said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), presaging a showdown between Kyiv's last remaining soldiers there and the besieging Russian forces ahead of celebrations marking the Soviet World War 2 victory.

The steel mill, the final pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the devastated port city, has taken on a symbolic value in the war. Kyiv fears a renewed intensity to Moscow's offensive.

IMPENDING TERROR Smoke rising in the sky is pictured from Paraskoviivka, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday, May 7, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP PHOTO

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