The Battle for Azovstal: A Soldiers Story

Published: May 18, 2022, 9:55 a.m.

For the past two months, a group of Ukrainian fighters has been holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in the city of Mariupol, mounting a last stand against Russian forces in a critical part of eastern Ukraine.\n\nOn Monday, Ukraine finally surrendered the plant.\n\nAfter the end of the determined resistance at Azovstal, we hear from Leonid Kuznetsov, a 25 year-old soldier who had been stationed inside.\n\nGuest: Michael Schwirtz, an investigative reporter for The New York Times.