Ukraine update: Rescue mission under way at AzovstalUkraine's defence ministry says its troops have regained control of territory on the Russian border. KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian authorities said a rescue mission to extract the last defenders of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol was under way on Tuesday, after hundreds of soldiers were evacuated in an earlier operation. Severodonetsk's mayor has said the city is almost surrounded by Russian troops and pro-Kremlin separatists. Russian shelling continued across the whole country overnight, with air sirens heard throughout Ukraine in the early hours of Tuesday. In a Facebook post, it accused Russian forces of using indiscriminate cluster munitions in the centre of Mykolaiv.

Source: Bangkok Post May 17, 2022 19:59 UTC