Ten Ukrainian military leave Azovstal, declare readiness to negotiate

The Ukrainian military, who left the territory of the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, declared their desire to negotiate. According to the founder of the Vostok battalion of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Khodakovsky, nine fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine now represent the interests of most of the military that still remain blocked at Azovstal. When leaving the territory of Azovstal, they initiated negotiations, he noted. The commander of the Vostok battalion of the forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Khodakovsky, earlier said that ten Ukrainian soldiers who were staying inside the Azovstal steel plant had surrendered.