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By March 18, 2022, about 6,000 members of the Azov Battalion continued resisting a force of about 12,000 Russians in an 11 square kilometer area in three steel plants, Azovstal, Ilyich [Steel and Iron Works] and Azovmash,<ref>https://rumble.com/v10ffce-ukraine-birds-eye-view-of-avovstal.-the-last-bastion-of-mariupol..html</ref> in an industrial zone of eastern Mariupol.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1429931</ref> Beneath the Azovstal steel plant, a massive, well-fortified underground complex with 6 levels of bunkers extending 90 meters down, was built in Soviet times with 24 kilometers of tunnels. A tunnel running beneath the Kalmius River connects Azovstal to the Ilyich plant.<ref>https://youtu.be/LD2eAMtXTAs?t=627</ref>
By March 18, 2022, about 6,000 members of the Azov Battalion continued resisting a force of about 12,000 Russians in an 11 square kilometer area in three steel plants, Azovstal, Ilyich [Steel and Iron Works] and Azovmash,<ref>https://rumble.com/v10ffce-ukraine-birds-eye-view-of-avovstal.-the-last-bastion-of-mariupol..html</ref> in an industrial zone of eastern Mariupol.<ref>https://tass.com/politics/1429931</ref> Beneath the Azovstal steel plant, a massive, well-fortified underground complex with 6 levels of bunkers extending 90 meters down, was built in Soviet times with 24 kilometers of tunnels. A tunnel running beneath the Kalmius River connects Azovstal to the Ilyich plant.<ref>https://youtu.be/LD2eAMtXTAs?t=627</ref>
<!--[[File:Azovstal sarcophagus.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Like their hero [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Azov Nazis]] final minutes were spent hiding in a bunker, the Azovstal Sarcophagus.]]-->
<!--[[File:Azovstal sarcophagus.PNG|right|300px|thumb|Like their hero [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Azov Nazis]] final minutes were spent hiding in a bunker, the Azovstal Sarcophagus.]]-->
On March 26, 2022, Russian sources reported preparations for the possible use of the TOS-1 (''Solntsepek'' or ''sunbake'') rocket launchers on Azovstal. The TOS-1 rocket launchers mounted on a T-72 tank chassis are the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the Russian arsenal, capable of firing a thermobaric warhead. Thermobarics, or "bunker busters" as it's known in [[the West]], can produce shockwaves to destroy the tunnels and bunkers.<ref>https://youtu.be/dXT0zLXU6EI</ref>
On March 26, 2022, Russian sources reported preparations for the possible use of the TOS-1 (''Solntsepek'' or ''sunbake'') also known as the '''heavy flamethrower''' rocket launchers on Azovstal. The TOS-1 rocket launchers mounted on a T-72 tank chassis are the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in the Russian arsenal, capable of firing a thermobaric warhead. Thermobarics, or "bunker busters" as it's known in [[the West]], can produce shockwaves to destroy the tunnels and bunkers.<ref>https://youtu.be/dXT0zLXU6EI</ref>
On April 1, 2022, WarGonzo reported on his [[YouTube]] channel that DPR and Russian forces moved against Azovstal from multiple directions at once, including amphibious landings, and had entered the massive complex.
On April 1, 2022, WarGonzo reported on his [[YouTube]] channel that DPR and Russian forces moved against Azovstal from multiple directions at once, including amphibious landings, and had entered the massive complex.