«We are probably living our last days, if not our last hours“, Said a Ukrainian officer under siege in Mariupolasking the international community to intervene and “get them” out of there by posting it on the social networking site Facebook today.
“THE enemy has ten times the power of us“Said Commander Serhiy Volina, of the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, which is fortified in the huge Azofstal ironworks in Mariupol (southeast), the last pocket left in this port of strategic importance.
«We appeal and we beg all the leaders of the world to help us. We ask them to proceed with a process to get us out of here and take us to the territory of a third country».
According to Governor Volina, the Russian army has “the advantage in air, artillery, ground forces, equipment and tanks».
«We are defending only one point – the Azofstal factory – where in addition to the military, there are also civilians who have become victims of this war“, continues.
Moscow once again called on the last defenders in Mariupol to stop the “irrational resistance»promising to “ppushes life»Of fighters who are fortified in the Azofstal complex if they surrender.
In Kyiv, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated during his evening sermon that the situation in Mariupol remains “very serious»,«as difficult as it can be», Accusing the Russian army that thwarted all attempts to organize humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians.
For his part, Russian Lt. Gen. Mikhail Mizinchev said no one had used the humanitarian corridor that opened yesterday, adding that it would reopen this afternoon.
In recent weeks, the parties have been blaming each other for undermining efforts to evacuate civilians from war zones. Moscow has repeatedly accused defenders in Mariupol of using civilians as human shields.
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