Russia will provide a way for civilians to leave the Azot factory at Kiev’s request
Russia will provide a way out for civilians at the Azot fertilizer plant in the contested city of Severodonetsk, but will use a different plan to that which Kiev requested, the Russian military said on Tuesday. The Ukrainian proposal may have been an attempt to extract trapped Ukrainian soldiers from a blockaded plant, the statement said.
The Russian statement said the civilians at the Azot plant were being used as a “human shield” by Ukrainian troops who took cover at the facility. It said hundreds of non-combatants had been forced to move to the last stronghold of the Ukrainian forces in the city as Russian and allied troops were capturing residential areas in Severodonetsk. The city is claimed by the Russia-allied Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) as part of its territory.
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