His image is recognizable. Sviatoslav Palamar, the number two of the Azovstal resistance. The deputy commander is still there, in the resistance of the resistance, the last of the last, after on May 18 Russia evicted 264 fighters from the steel mill and hardly anything was known about the fate of the remaining 700.

Serious, with a beard and speaking to the camera, a video attests that he is still on the floor. Captain Palamar has denied that he has abandoned the territory of the Azovstal steelworks, and denies having surrendered to the Russians. In this metallurgical plant hundreds of Ukrainians resisted, the last stronghold of defense in Mariupol. Despite the fact that it was evicted a few days ago, it has now emerged that there are still people, including Palamar.

In the video, he explains that he and his commanders are still "in the territory of the plant" and that there is "an operation" whose details he does not want to share. "I thank everyone and Ukraine for the support," he says.

In an interview with ABC last week, Palamar defended the importance of resisting the Russians, but recognized the need for the country's authorities to intervene so as not to have to regret more deaths. In the steel mill, according to his own account, there were then 600 combatants with serious injuries. The situation was dramatic and the Russians were not going to back down, but surrender was not an option.

Palamar is not the only one left at the plant. Lieutenant Colonel Denis Prokopenko, leader of the Azov Regiment defending Mariupol, also remains on the ground. In another video distributed this morning, he explains that the seriously injured evacuated have already been handed over to Ukrainian-controlled territory, so they would no longer be under Russian control and would be the first Azovstal fighters to be safe.

Prokopenko also refers to the dead heroes and the possibility that in the "near future" their families may recover and bury the bodies of the soldiers.

It is unknown how many people have been in the steel mill, and it is not known how many are left and if there are any civilians.