The Russian forces started again air strikes and attempt to attack the Azofstal steel plant in Mariupolwhere the remaining Ukrainian forces are in the city, said today the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Alexei Arestovich.
«The enemy is trying to quell the last resistance of the defenders of Mariupol in the area of Azofstal“Arestovic told the national television network.
He added that Russian troops try to invade the factory.
«They have resumed airstrikes on the factory ground, in the area defended by our troops and are trying to carry out offensive operations. Our defenders resist a numerically superior enemy, despite the extremely difficult situation, and even carry out counterattacks.“, He stated characteristically.
Earlier, the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Irina Verestsuksaid he would attempt a new attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, much of which is controlled by the Russian army.
«Today, we will try again to remove women, children and the elderlyVerestsuk said in a post on social media, adding that civilians had begun to gather near a shopping mall in the city.
She herself later warned the residents of Mariupol about the possibility of challenges by the Russian army during evacuations.
This effort is being made while the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky called again last night for a ceasefire in order to remove civilians from Ukrainian cities besieged by Russian forces, starting in Mariupol.
Meanwhile, according to the Kyiv Indepedent, the Russians throw the victims of the attack from the theater of Mariupol into a mass grave.
According to the mayor’s adviser, Petro Andriushchenko, “the Russians are clearing debris at the theater they bombed on March 16 and transporting corpses to the nearby village of Manhush.”
UssianRussian occupiers dump victims of Mariupol Drama Theater attack in mass grave.
According to advisor to Mariupol mayor Petro Andriushchenko, Russians are clearing debris at the theater that they bombed on March 16 and are taking dead bodies to the nearby Manhush village.
– The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) April 23, 2022
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