{"id":46207,"date":"2022-05-18T17:30:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=46207"},"modified":"2022-05-18T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T09:56:50","slug":"959-ukrainian-soldiers-surrendered-at-azovstal-since-monday-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/top-news\/959-ukrainian-soldiers-surrendered-at-azovstal-since-monday-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"959 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered at Azovstal since Monday: Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow, May 18 (AFP\/APP): Russia&#8217;s defence ministry said Wednesday that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine&#8217;s port city of Mariupol.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over the past 24 hours, 694 militants surrendered, including 29 wounded,&#8221; the ministry said in its daily briefing on the conflict. &#8220;In total since May 16, 959 militants surrendered, including 80 wounded.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It said those requiring medical treatment were taken to a hospital in the town of Novoazovsk in Russian-controlled territory.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv is hoping to exchange the surrendered Ukrainian fighters, but Russia has yet to confirm whether they will be part of a prisoner swap.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Moscow claimed control of Mariupol after a weeks-long siege, but hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers remained holed up in underground tunnels beneath the huge Azovstal industrial zone, blocked by Russian troops.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv&#8217;s defence ministry has said it would do &#8220;everything necessary&#8221; to rescue the undisclosed number of personnel that remain in the steelworks, but admitted there was no military option available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow, May 18 (AFP\/APP): Russia&#8217;s defence ministry said Wednesday that 959 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Ukraine&#8217;s port city of Mariupol. &#8220;Over the 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