Over 800 Ukrainian soldiers surrender to Russia

Russia’s defence ministry says that 694 Ukrainian fighters who had been holed up in Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks have surrendered over the past 24 hours, according to a report by the country’s RIA news agency.

The development means that since Monday, a total of 959 fighters who had been holding out at the plant have surrendered, 80 of whom were wounded, RIA reported, citing the ministry.

The unit of neo-Nazist militiamen integrated into Ukraine’s national guard earlier promised to fight on amidst hunger and daily bombardment.