📸 Satellite images show the destruction of Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant — Ukrainian forces' last holdout in the city besieged by Russia.
A satellite image overview of the Azovstal steel plant collected on April 29. Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies.
, Ukrainian forces' last holdout in the city besieged by Russia, has been destroyed by Russian shelling over the last several weeks, new satellite images by Maxar Technologies show.The plant, where about 1,000 civilians are sheltering, is the last foothold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol that is preventing Russia from fully capturing the port city.
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