The besieged commander continued: “Save the Mariupol guard. Give us the mining process. Today is not 1940. It is 2022. The people here will just die, the injured will die. “Those who are alive now will be killed in battle. The city is almost wiped off the planet.” On Wednesday, Russian forces pounded the huge steel mills where Mr Volyna and his troops are staying. Petro Andriuschenko, the city’s assistant mayor, said the airstrikes had not stopped. This happened despite the fact that Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there was no need to invade the factory after declaring victory in Mariupol. Mr Andryushchenko said: “The airstrikes on Azovstal are not going away. It is not a ceasefire, but attempts to invade again and again. Despite (Putin)’s statements. “At the same time, street battles are resuming in the area between the management of the Azovstal plant (buildings) and the road.”