Last Stand at Azovstal: Inside the Siege That Shaped the Ukraine War For 80 days, at a sprawling steelworks, a relentless Russian assault met unyielding Ukrainian resistance. This is how it was for those who fought, and for those trapped beneath the battlefield.
Huge Steel Plant in Mariupol Is a Fortress for Ukrainian Holdouts Below the plant is a vast network of reinforced bunkers and passages. Above ground are massive steel and concrete structures.
In Besieged, Broken Mariupol, Ukrainians Vow a ‘Fight to the End’ Defying a Russian demand to surrender or be “eliminated,” Ukrainian forces in a sprawling steel plant are making a last stand for the strategic city.