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As of May 9, 2022, roughly 1,000 people, civilian and military, were reported to have been evacuated from Azovstal under the plan negotiated by UN General Secretary António Guterres and evacuations ended, leaving about 500 deadenders in the bunkers below.  Humanitarian corridors were closed. ''[[RT]]'' reported over 300 more Azovstal holdouts surrendered on May 15.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/lONiVlqpXJJ7/</ref>

As of May 9, 2022, roughly 1,000 people, civilian and military, were reported to have been evacuated from Azovstal under the plan negotiated by UN General Secretary António Guterres and evacuations ended, leaving about 500 deadenders in the bunkers below.  Humanitarian corridors were closed. ''[[RT]]'' reported over 300 more Azovstal holdouts surrendered on May 15.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/lONiVlqpXJJ7/</ref>

On May 16, 2022 all fighting within the confines of the massive Azovstal steel plant came to an end when the remaining Azov fighters asked to surrender.  They had ran out of food a week earlier.  With help from Russian soldiers, the Azov fighters first had to de-mine booby traps that had been set up leading from the exit.  Mass unconditional surrenders began, taking 3 full days to process.  55 seriously wounded (ambulatory) were taken immediately east to the Novoazovsk hospital in the Donetsk Republic Another 221 people the first day were sent north to the Elenovka POW camp in the  Donetsk Republic.  Russian war correspondent Dmitry Steshin who was at the surrender for its entirety, recorded this:

On May 16, 2022 all fighting within the confines of the massive Azovstal steel plant came to an end when the remaining Azov fighters asked to surrender.  They had ran out of food a week earlier.  With help from Russian soldiers, the Azov fighters first had to de-mine booby traps that had been set up leading from the exit.  Mass unconditional surrenders began, taking 3 full days to process.  55 seriously wounded (ambulatory) were taken immediately east to the Novoazovsk hospital in the Donetsk Republic Another 221 people the first day were sent north to the Elenovka POW camp in the  Donetsk Republic. Searches, screenings, and preliminary interrogations to look for Nazis were conducted.  A tattoo can make the difference between the status of regular POW and accused war criminal, especially if it’s a swastika or other Nazi insignia.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/d5kDqZs9Hmep/</ref> Russian war correspondent Dmitry Steshin who was at the surrender for its entirety, recorded this:

{{quotebox-float|"Steshin is accompanied by a [[DPR]] soldier named Vlad, who hails from Poltava. They have been inseparable for the past 3 months on the road. Vlad was filled with [[hatred]] against these Ukrainian Nazis, and wanted revenge. But now something is happening to him: At the sight of the captives, his hatred and anger start to melt away, and he becomes calmer. Steshin philosophizes about the “Russian soul”, and how this effect works: At the sight of a conquered enemy, the Russian rage wilts, then [[compassion]] becomes more dominant within the psyche. To be sure, these Nazis will be put on trial for their crimes. But it is not the Russian way to carry out battlefield justice."<ref>https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/ukraine-war-day-85-up-close-look-at-azovstal-surrender-i-mean-evacuation/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"Steshin is accompanied by a [[DPR]] soldier named Vlad, who hails from Poltava. They have been inseparable for the past 3 months on the road. Vlad was filled with [[hatred]] against these Ukrainian Nazis, and wanted revenge. But now something is happening to him: At the sight of the captives, his hatred and anger start to melt away, and he becomes calmer. Steshin philosophizes about the “Russian soul”, and how this effect works: At the sight of a conquered enemy, the Russian rage wilts, then [[compassion]] becomes more dominant within the psyche. To be sure, these Nazis will be put on trial for their crimes. But it is not the Russian way to carry out battlefield justice."<ref>https://awfulavalanche.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/ukraine-war-day-85-up-close-look-at-azovstal-surrender-i-mean-evacuation/</ref>}}

 

In Elenovka, interrogation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, some of whom have open [[criminal]] cases (e.g., for abuse/torture or killing of civilians, or of rebel captives) for years in Russia.  Among the Ukrainian military who surrendered, 144 people are fighters of the Interior Ministry's National Guard, of which the Azov Battalion is part. The [[Kremlin]] reportedly refused to exchange Nazi members of the Azov regiment as they committed numerous war crimes. The exchange of other servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could be negotiated.  The Russian state Duma, however immediately began debate on a bill forbidding the exchange of any POWs captured at Azovstal for fear of a demoralizing effect on the public and soldiers.

In Elenovka, interrogation of Ukrainian prisoners of war, some of whom have open [[criminal]] cases (e.g., for abuse/torture or killing of civilians, or of rebel captives) for years in Russia.  Among the Ukrainian military who surrendered, 144 people are fighters of the Interior Ministry's National Guard, of which the Azov Battalion is part. The [[Kremlin]] reportedly refused to exchange Nazi members of the Azov regiment as they committed numerous war crimes. Membership in a terrorist organization is itself a criminal charge.  There is a possibility that after a trial verdict, some Azov militants may be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. At the same time, those convicted of murder and torture will not be subject to exchange.  In turn, the ordinary servicemen of the National Guard, the Border Guard Service and regular units of the AFU, who are accused of war crimes, are considered regular POWs.  The exchange of other servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could be negotiated.  The Russian state Duma, however immediately began debate on a bill forbidding the exchange of any POWs captured at Azovstal for fear of a demoralizing effect on the public and soldiers.

Steshin noted the prevailing attitude among the captive Ukrainian soldiers: "One conclusion they are all reaching is this: The Kiev regime has no use for them any more."  The [[psychotic]], [[delusion]]al Presidential adviser to Zelensky, Mykhailo Podoliak, posted on Twitter:

Steshin noted the prevailing attitude among the captive Ukrainian soldiers: "One conclusion they are all reaching is this: The Kiev regime has no use for them any more."  The [[psychotic]], [[delusion]]al Presidential adviser to Zelensky, Mykhailo Podoliak, posted on Twitter:

“Well, he was the only one of them who didn’t pretend to be a cook. He was honest with me. He is a worthy adversary.”}}

“Well, he was the only one of them who didn’t pretend to be a cook. He was honest with me. He is a worthy adversary.”}}

On May 18, 2022, the total number of surrenders rose to 959. It was previously thought to be about 1,700 holdouts until the end.  DPR leader Denis Pushilin told journalists, “A court will rule on the fate of Ukrainian militants who surrendered at Mariupol’s Azovstal plant…As for war criminals and those who are nationalists, if they laid down their arms their fate should be decided by the court. Regardless of the emotions of some people, I heard various opinions, if an adversary laid down the arms, the future fate is decided by the court. If this is a Nazi criminal, then by a court martial"<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1452579</ref>

On May 18, 2022, the total number of surrenders rose to 959. It was previously thought to be about 1,700 holdouts until the end.  DPR leader Denis Pushilin told journalists, “A court will rule on the fate of Ukrainian militants who surrendered at Mariupol’s Azovstal plant…As for war criminals and those who are nationalists, if they laid down their arms their fate should be decided by the court. Regardless of the emotions of some people, I heard various opinions, if an adversary laid down the arms, the future fate is decided by the court. If this is a Nazi criminal, then by a court martial"<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1452579</ref>

The total number of unconditional surrenders since Monday, May 16, 2022 cascaded to 2,439 by May 20,<ref>https://youtu.be/v0GaoTJ4lKA</ref> more captures than were taken in the two major battles of Ilovaisk and Debaltseve combined in 2014 and 2015 during the earlier Donbas war.  This figure included at least 717 Azov fighters.

The total number of unconditional surrenders since Monday, May 16, 2022 cascaded to 2,439 by May 20,<ref>https://youtu.be/v0GaoTJ4lKA</ref> more captures than were taken in the two major battles of Ilovaisk and Debaltseve combined in 2014 and 2015 during the earlier Donbas war.  This figure included at least 717 Azov fighters. People who swore to fight Russians until the last drop of blood surrendered. Kyiv tried to whitewash that embarrassment.<ref>https://thesaker.is/a-major-national-embarrassment-is-being-hidden-from-ukrainians/</ref>  Azov Regiment commander Lt. Colonel Denys Prokopenko (call sign "Radish") surrendered and was transported to Russia to face a denazification Tribunal in an armored vehicle for fear of reprisals against the accused by the civilian population of Mariupol.<ref>https://www.mk.ru/politics/2022/05/20/komandir-azova-denis-prokopenko-sdalsya-rossiyskim-voyskam.html?</ref><ref>[https://ria.ru/20220520/azovstal-1789847272.html «Командира» нацистов вывезли с «Азовстали» в специальном бронеавтомобиле]</ref>

Commenting on the defeat, Jacob Dreizen said:

Commenting on the defeat, Jacob Dreizen said:

After Stalingrad, the Germans, if faced with an imminent risk of encirclement, with very few exceptions, ran the hell away (or tried to.)  And, the Ukrainian army, despite all the “[[Iron Cross]]” emblems on its hardware, is no ''[[Wehrmacht]]''.  This bodes ill for the Ukraine’s attempt to hold and defend the Severodonetsk-Lisichansk agglomeration in northern Lugansk—a hard-core Russian loyalist area, and likely the next big “cauldron.”  Those two cities combined, are roughly half the size of Mariupol.  Russian and Lugansk/Donetsk forces moving in on them, will be more numerous, and (by now) much more experienced than the forces that took Mariupol."<ref>https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/05/18/details-of-the-mariupol-surrender/</ref>}}

After Stalingrad, the Germans, if faced with an imminent risk of encirclement, with very few exceptions, ran the hell away (or tried to.)  And, the Ukrainian army, despite all the “[[Iron Cross]]” emblems on its hardware, is no ''[[Wehrmacht]]''.  This bodes ill for the Ukraine’s attempt to hold and defend the Severodonetsk-Lisichansk agglomeration in northern Lugansk—a hard-core Russian loyalist area, and likely the next big “cauldron.”  Those two cities combined, are roughly half the size of Mariupol.  Russian and Lugansk/Donetsk forces moving in on them, will be more numerous, and (by now) much more experienced than the forces that took Mariupol."<ref>https://thedreizinreport.com/2022/05/18/details-of-the-mariupol-surrender/</ref>}}

Russia does not have [[capital punishment]].  While some of the AFU regulars may be released once the conflict is declared over, which may take years given the United States declared intention to fund sabotage activity and a partisan insurgency after the AFU surrenders and the country is fully "demilitarized," Azov Nazis are looking at "busting rocks north of the [[Arctic Circle]] until the year 2040 or 2050," in the words of Jacob Dreizen.

While some of the AFU regulars may be released once the conflict is declared over, which may take years given the United States declared intention to fund sabotage activity and a partisan insurgency after the AFU surrenders and the country is fully "demilitarized," Azov Nazis are looking at "busting rocks north of the [[Arctic Circle]] until the year 2040 or 2050," in the words of Jacob Dreizen.

==Propaganda war==

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