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The Ilyich factory was confirmed captured on April 16, 2022.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/aY4HS5Bpawm5/</ref>  More POWs were taken in the Illych steel plant<ref>https://youtu.be/TlxSn5cfD-Q</ref> alone than all of Russian and LPR/DPR prisoners in Ukrainian hands combined.  A lot of AFU equipment was recovered in the factory, including American Hummers.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/G1HMTwSk6OH5/</ref>  Under the Ottawa Convention, MON-50 and MON-90 anti-personnel mines are banned.  Kyiv joined the Ottawa Convention in 1999 and claimed to have destroyed all such devices. Stocks of the illegal devices, and trip wires set up within the Ilyich factory, were discovered.

The Ilyich factory was confirmed captured on April 16, 2022.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/aY4HS5Bpawm5/</ref>  More POWs were taken in the Illych steel plant<ref>https://youtu.be/TlxSn5cfD-Q</ref> alone than all of Russian and LPR/DPR prisoners in Ukrainian hands combined.  A lot of AFU equipment was recovered in the factory, including American Hummers.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/G1HMTwSk6OH5/</ref>  Under the Ottawa Convention, MON-50 and MON-90 anti-personnel mines are banned.  Kyiv joined the Ottawa Convention in 1999 and claimed to have destroyed all such devices. Stocks of the illegal devices, and trip wires set up within the Ilyich factory, were discovered.

The Russian Defense Ministry called a ceasefire for 6:00 AM, Easter Sunday morning on April 17, appealing to the remaining holdouts in the Azovstal to lay down their arms and surrender, promising them life and safety.  The offer went to AFU, nationalists, NATO and foreign mercenaries.  Zelensky vowed the Nazis would fight to the end.

The Russian Defense Ministry called a [[ceasefire]] for 6:00 AM, Easter Sunday morning on April 17, appealing to the remaining holdouts in the Azovstal to lay down their arms and surrender, promising them life and safety.  The offer went to AFU, nationalists, NATO and foreign mercenaries.  Zelensky vowed the Nazis would fight to the end.

On April 18, 2022, WarGonzo reported that RF forces had captured northern portions of the Azovstal factory.<ref>https://southfront.org/first-video-from-the-scene-russian-assault-on-azovstal-in-mariupol/</ref><ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/wlCFEDxkZz3T/|</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1516810203953516547</ref>  [[U.S. Army]] documents were found in captured portions of the previously nazi-occupied complex.<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/lpTLtng8aagr/ U.S. ARMY DOCUMENTS FOUND IN AZOV BASE]</ref>

On April 18, 2022, WarGonzo reported that RF forces had captured northern portions of the Azovstal factory.<ref>https://southfront.org/first-video-from-the-scene-russian-assault-on-azovstal-in-mariupol/</ref><ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/wlCFEDxkZz3T/|</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/1516810203953516547</ref>  [[U.S. Army]] documents were found in captured portions of the previously nazi-occupied complex.<ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/lpTLtng8aagr/ U.S. ARMY DOCUMENTS FOUND IN AZOV BASE]</ref>