The Russian Defense Ministry, in a statement calling on Ukrainian fighters to surrender, accused them of using civilians at the Nitrogen plant as human shields.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that it has offered to Ukrainian fighters, who have taken refuge in the Nitrogen chemical plant located in the city of Sheverodonetsk in eastern Ukraine, the possibility of delivery tomorrow, Wednesday, reported the Interfax news agency.
Both the city and the chemical plant have become hotbeds of conflict in recent weeks, as hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and soldiers have taken refuge in the plant being pounded by Russian forces trying to seize the city, local officials said.
Russia announced today that it could open a humanitarian corridor from 05:00 GMT (08:00 Greek time) for the evacuation of civilians and warned Ukrainian fighters to “stop their irrational resistance and hand over their weapons” at the same time. .
All the bridges over the Siversky Donetsk River that connect the city of Severodonetsk with the territories under Ukrainian control have been destroyed.
The Russian Defense Ministry, in a statement calling on Ukrainian fighters to surrender, accused them of using civilians at the Nitrogen plant as human shields. Moscow, which has been sending troops to Ukraine since February, has repeatedly accused the Ukrainians of making similar allegations, which Kyiv has denied.
The Russian Defense Ministry says it has informed Kyiv of its proposal and asked it to order the fighters to surrender.
The situation at the Nitrogen plant (“Nitrogen”) is similar to the situation recently created at the steel plant in the city of Mariupol, where hundreds of fighters and civilians had taken refuge to avoid Russian bombing. In mid-May the fighters finally surrendered and were imprisoned by the Russians.
