Reuters: Russia tells Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to lay down | WAR IN UKRAINE 2022

Reuters: Russia tells Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to lay down arms from 0300 GMT

Russia told Ukrainian forces fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives.

Russia's Defence Ministry said its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol and only a small contingent of Ukrainian fighters remained inside a steelworks in the city on Saturday.

Moscow's claim to have all but taken control of Mariupol, scene of the war's heaviest fighting and worst humanitarian catastrophe, could not be independently verified.

*aka please please surrender before we have to return home in shame