One of the fighters fortified in the steel industry besieged by Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol appealed to the billionaire owner of SpaceX Elon Musk to help remove them.
Many civilians were rescued from the huge Azofstal plant last week under an agreement with the Russiabut no agreement has been reached with Moscow to allow the evacuation of hundreds of fighters, some of whom have been wounded after weeks of bombing.
“@elonmusk people say come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible. Our planets are next to each other, as I live where it is almost impossible to survive,” the Marine Corps wrote on Twitter. Serhiy Volina.
“Help us get out of Azofstal into an intermediary country. If not you, then who? Give me a sign.”
Tweet from Sergey Volina, commander of the 36th Marine Brigade of #Ukraine #Mariupol pic.twitter.com/TpTdC3N4zc
– Anton 🇧🇬 (@GolyamaRabota) May 12, 2022
Musk, the richest man in the world, owns SpaceX and Tesla electric car maker, and plans to buy Twitter. It is not clear at this time whether Musk has seen Volina’s tweet.
Ukrainian officials It is said that about 1,000 fighters are resisting the many underground galleries in Azofstal, hundreds of whom have been seriously injured and urgently need to be evacuated. The factory is being pounded by Russian fire.
In February, when Ukraine’s internet access was cut off after the Russian invasion, Musk responded to a tweet from a Ukrainian official asking for help. Musk said SpaceX’s satellite broadband service would be available in Ukraine and that SpaceX would send more terminals to the country.
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