16 May 2022
Ukrainian servicemen in a bus after they were evacuated from Mariupol’s besieged Azovstal steel plant on Tuesday. They are now in Russian custody and their futures are unclear.
— Photo by Alexei Alexandrov / Associated Press
Russia-backed troops waited for the evacuation of wounded Ukrainian soldiers from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol on Monday.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
Buses carrying Ukrainian service members who surrendered at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, after holding out for weeks.
— Photo by Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters
In this photo provided by Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office, a Ukrainian soldier stands inside the ruined Azovstal steel plant prior to surrender to the Russian forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, May 16, 2022. For nearly three months, Azovstal’s garrison clung on, refusing to be winkled out from the tunnels and bunkers under the ruins of the labyrinthine mill. A Ukrainian soldier-photographer documented the events and sent them to the world. Now he is a prisoner of the Russians. His photos are his legacy.
— Photo by Dmytro Kozatski / Azov Special Forces Regiment of the Ukrainian National Guard Press Office via AP
Ilya Samoilenko is fighting from the tunnels below the Azovstal steel plant, 30 metres underground.
— Photo by Paul Grover / The Telegraph