Now, on Easter, russia is attacking Azovstal in Mariupol non-stop. This is the place where civilians and militaries are targeted with heavy bombs and shelled with artillery. Also, the russians intensively gather equipment and forces for an assault.
And this despite Putin's order "not to storm," said on Twitter the Adviser to the Head of the Office of the President, a member of the negotiating delegation with russia, Mykhailo Podoliak.
"I suggest the rf to think about the remnants of its reputation. It requires only three" Mariupol steps."
1. Declare a real Easter armistice in Mariupol.
2. Immediately provide a humanitarian corridor for civilians.
3. Agree on a "special round of negotiations" so that we could extract/exchange the militaries," - he wrote.
Russia refused the armistice on Easter. Despite the promised corridors for evacuation from Mariupol, the russians continued hindering the departure of civilians. Moreover, russians banned Ukrainian civilians from leaving to the territory controlled by Ukraine and opened a corridor for evacuation in the direction of russia.
"Azovstal," where the "Azov" Regiment, marines, law enforcement officers, border guards, and civilians, including the wounded, remain, is blocked by the russian enemy. This week, Major Serhiy Volyna, Commander of the 36th Marine Brigade, which, together with the "Azov" Regiment, is defending Mariupol, appealed to world leaders to apply the extraction procedure to the military of the Mariupol garrison and civilians hiding at the plant.
On 21 April 2022, rf President Volodymyr Putin ordered the Minister of Defence, Serhiy Shoihu, not to storm Mariupol industrial zone. At the same time, Putin ordered the blockade of the Ukrainian city. According to the russian media, he said that the russian occupiers should save their lives and not "go into the catacombs."
On the same day, the russians started dropping bombs on "Azovstal." The russian enemies forbid the evacuation from the plant and offered the defenders to surrender.