Russia says targeting Azovstal plant with 'artillery and planes'

Moscow, May 3, 2022 -The Russian army said Tuesday its forces and pro-Moscow separatists were using artillery and planes to target Azovstal, the steel plant in the port city of Mariupol where Ukrainian fighters are making their last stand.

"Using artillery and aircraft, units of the Russian army and the Donetsk People's Republic are beginning to destroy" the "firing positions" of the Ukrainian troops, the defence ministry said in a statement carried by Russian news agencies.