Mariupol completely under Russian control

Mariupol completely under Russian control
“The situation in Mariupol remains as serious as it can be, with Russia deliberately trying to destroy anyone in Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video message. According to him, there are only “two options”: “either the partners immediately provide Ukraine with all the necessary heavy weapons, aircraft and, without exaggeration,” to ease the pressure on Mariupol and lift the siege of the 441,000-inhabited city. For the people before the invasion on 24 February.

“Either way of negotiation, in which the role of the partners must also be decisive”. The Ukrainian president says the search for a military or diplomatic solution has been a “daily” activity since the start of the blockade, but has proved “extremely difficult”.

When the Russian Defense Ministry asked the last Ukrainian fighters to barge into the Azovstal Metallurgical Complex, it took 6 a.m. on Sunday to call off the fighting on Moscow (3 a.m. GMT) and to evacuate the complex before 1 p.m. (10 a.m. GMT). asked for “Those who have given up their weapons will be guaranteed to save their lives”, the ministry assured on Telegram, as “this is their only chance”.

Russian airstrikes on Mariupoli

In addition to this pocket of resistance, “the entire area of ​​the city of Mariupol has been freed from terrorists from the Nazi formation Azov, foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian troops”.

On Sunday morning, the Ukrainian General Staff indicated that airstrikes on the city were carried out by the Russians from the regions of Donetsk and Tavria. “They also carried out an assault campaign near the port,” he said in a statement, however, without mentioning the Russian claim to lay down his arms or capture much of the city. The capture of the city would be a significant victory for the Russians, as it would allow them to consolidate their coastal territorial advantage along the Sea of ​​Azov by connecting the Donbass region, partly controlled by their supporters, to Crimea, which Moscow captured. Was. in 2014.

Finally, and in the absence of an agreement with the Russian military on the end of the firing, Ukrainian authorities on Sunday announced the suspension of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from eastern Ukraine. “This morning we failed to negotiate a ceasefire on the evacuation routes with the occupiers,” Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said on Telegram.

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