💥 Attack

Russian forces struck the Azovstal steel factory with at least one three-ton bomb and follow-up explosives including air bombs, howitzer shells, mortars, tanks and rocket artillery.

April 19, 2022 Mariupol, Donetsk

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Russian forces struck the Azovstal steel factory with at least one three-ton bomb and follow-up explosives including air bombs, howitzer shells, mortars, tanks and rocket artillery.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russian army intensified offensive along entire line of contact on Donetsk and Tavriya fronts

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russia is dropping 'super-powerful bombs' on Mariupol's steel plant

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The Azovstal plant is almost completely destroyed

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

A lot of people are under the rubble at Azovstal

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces repelled ten attacks by Russian occupiers in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On April 19, three more people died as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region: in Kramatorsk, Avdiivka, and Blagodatne. Five civilians were injured, including one child.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:31.454Z

Source story: day-56-2023-02-10