The military chief invited representatives of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Red Cross to accompany the operation to evacuate civilians from that town.
I indicate that the Russian Armed Forces will allow the nationalists, mercenaries and all Ukrainian units to leave Mariupol unarmed, through the humanitarian corridors between 10:00 and 12:00 local time.
According to Mizíntsev, the nationalists, abandoned by the central government in that city, organized a massive terror in the neighborhoods that are still under their control.
“Desperate and losing their minds, the bandits, realizing that kyiv cannot provide any help, have launched a massive terrorist attack on the city neighborhoods they still control,” he said.
He said that in the last three days extremist militants have shot between 80 and 235 civilians who are trying to leave that city on the shores of the Sea of Azov on their own.
He clarified that the militias of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk, with the support of the Russian Armed Forces, carry out measures to unblock the town without using heavy weapons, anticipating that the neo-Nazis are using civilians as human shields.
The also head of the General Headquarters for humanitarian aid to Ukraine said that the neo-Nazis use more than 4.5 million civilians as human shields, including 6,838 foreign citizens from 18 countries.
Russia began a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, after the authorities of the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk (DPR) and Lugansk (PRL) requested help to repel the increase in aggression from kyiv.
Previously, Moscow recognized the independence and sovereignty of both territories and signed treaties of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance with their leaders, which included the establishment of diplomatic relations and military aid.
President Vladimir Putin, in a speech to inform about the start of the operation, stated that the objective is to protect the population of Donbass from abuses and genocide during the last eight years, in addition to “demilitarizing” and “denazifying” Ukraine. .
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