The use of FAB-500 and FAB-3000 air bombs led to the destruction of large underground galleries and corridors of Azovstal, which were used by militants

Maiya Sokolova - AviaPressPhoto

Применение авиабомб ФАБ-500 и ФАБ-3000 привело к разрушению крупных подземных галерей и коридоров «Азовстали», которыми пользовались боевики

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The Ukrainian military and militants of the national battalions, captured in Mariupol, talk about the current situation at the Azovstal plant.

In particular, it is reported that the number of seriously injured Azov militants (*an extremist group banned in Russia) has increased on the territory of the enterprise after an attempted breakthrough that took place the day before. It is also reported that Russian aircraft destroyed several communication underground corridors and large galleries, with the help of which groups of "Azov" * were moved from one part of a large enterprise (its perimeter is more than 15 km) to another. So far, there is no data on how many militants can be under these rubble after airstrikes.

Meanwhile, reports were confirmed that Russian aviation used up to fifty large-caliber bombs against Ukrainian armed formations at Azovstal. These are dozens of FAB-500s and several units of heavy-duty FAB-3000s. At the same time, reliable information was received that there are no civilians on the territory of the plant. This makes it possible to carry out an operation against the Azov militants and the formations that joined them using a wide range of weapons.

At the same time, information is being received that representatives of the Ukrainian armed formations may be preparing new attempts to break out from the territory of Azovstal, finding themselves in a critical situation. Moreover, a search is underway for opportunities to do this with the help of underground utilities. Here it should be noted the fact that this armed formation also includes former employees of the plant who are familiar with the enterprise's communications, including underground ones. However, the total area of ​​the same underground infrastructure is such that it is impossible to know it thoroughly. Air strikes with heavy-duty munitions cause additional damage to the communications system, which the militants tried to use as shelters and objects of covert movement.

ZeRada said that the Russian Armed Forces prepared a FAB-3000 sledgehammer bomb specifically for Azov*

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