Heavy bombardment was received today Kharkiv in eastern Ukraineresulting in many victims – including a child – said Mayor Ihor Terehov in a television interview.
Asked about the danger of a new Russian attack in the region, which was recently warned by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Terekhov said that the Ukrainian armed forces are on alert and ready to defend the city.
“There is no panic in the city”noted Terekhov.
At the same time, the port of Mariupol is now under Russian occupation, according to a report broadcast by the Ria Novosti network.
According to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic forces, Denis Pushilin, the largest port in the Azov region came under their leadership, after the neutralization of Ukrainian troops.
From Mariupol to Bezymennoe эвакуировали 185 человекhttps: //t.co/3wxv5fPSkn pic.twitter.com/PgaNScJaXL
– RIA Novosti (@rianru) April 11, 2022
The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valery Fedorovich Zaluznistated on his part: “The defense of Mariupol continues. The contacts with the defense units, which heroically hold the city, are uninterrupted and continuous. I point out that defense operations are not a matter for public debate. We do our utmost to win and save the lives of our units and civilians in all directions. Believe in the Armed Forces of Ukraine».
Russia has almost completed the deployment of its forces for a new offensive in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. “We anticipate that fighting will begin in these areas shortly,” said Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik, adding that the Ukrainian army was ready to deal with the new attack. He did not specify on what data the ministry bases its forecasts.
The “mother of battles” for Mariupol
The Ukrainian army announced today that it is preparing for “a final battle” in Mariupolin the east Ukrainebesieged by the Russian army for more than 40 days.
“Today will probably be the last battle, because our ammunition is running out. “… It will mean death for some of us and captivity for others,” the 36th Ukrainian brigade wrote on Facebook. Navy.
“We are dying late,” the statement added.
“We do not know what will happen, but we truly ask you to remember us with a good chatAsked the brigade “from the Ukrainians”.
“For more than a month, we fought without supplies ammunition, no food, no water“Making the impossible possible,” this unit still says.
About “Half” of the members of this brigade are wounded, according to the announcement.
For more than 40 days of fierce fighting, “o enemy he gradually pushed us away (…), surrounded us and is now trying to destroy us “, the brigade explains, expressing its disappointment for the lack of help” from the army command and the president ” Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We only received 50 shells, 20 mines, NLAW anti-tank missiles once,” the brigade said. “Nothing else was given to us,” she said, expressing regret.
“There were only unfulfilled promises,” he said.
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