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Mariupol engineer shares his story of spending two months in the Azovstal bunker

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Mariupol engineer shares his story of spending two months in the Azovstal bunker

Ihor Khadzhava, a leading engineer at the Azovstal steelworks, spoke to NV about the months he spent in the factory’s bunker, while under constant bombardment and shelling. Mariupol became one of the first and main targets of the invaders' attacks in the east of the country. The city quickly found itself trapped in a ring of Russian invaders, which was inexorably shrinking. At the moment, Ukrainian forces control only the territory of the Azovstal factory itself, repelling constant Russian assaults for the past week. This is where the Azov Regiment, the marines, and border guard units are concentrated – according to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, this is about a thousand people, including hundreds of wounded. The bunker under the factory also sheltered hundreds of civilians – including women, children, the elderly, and Azovstal workers. About 500 of them have recently been evacuated, but about a hundred may yet remain.
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