Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that the situation in besieged Mariupol remained extremely serious and that Kyiv was in daily contact with forces defending the port city in southeastern Ukraine.
In a videotaped message, Zelensky accused Russia of trying to exterminate the city’s residents, but did not deny Moscow’s claim that its troops had cleared the entire urban area of ​​Ukrainian forces.
The announcement of the Russian Ministry of Defense
Earlier yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had cleared the entire urban area of ​​Mariupol from Ukrainian forces and that it had excluded Ukrainian fighters from the Azovstal steel plant.
In a statement, the ministry said that “the only chance to save his life is to lay down his arms and surrender.” He also said that to date in Mariupol, Ukrainian forces have lost more than 4,000 members, while 1,464 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered.
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