Fighting rages in Mariupol, Russia controls the city near Chernobyl

According to Reuters, Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko said on March 26 that the situation in the city besieged by Russia was still very tense, as fighting was raging in the city center.

Mariupol was the most populous city in the Donbass region, which was administered by Ukraine before Russia launched the campaign military in a neighboring country on February 24. The rest of the Donbass are two breakaway regions that Russia has recognized as independent since February 21.

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said that both Kiev and Moscow had reached an agreement on the opening of 10 humanitarian corridors on March 26 to evacuate civilians from hot spots on the frontline.

Fighting between Russia and Ukraine in Mariupol has been intense throughout the past few days. Mariupol is under intense air strikes, after the Ukrainian government rejected Russia’s request to surrender in the area.

Negotiations have been conducted, but both Russia and Ukraine are still accusing each other of making the humanitarian corridors in Mariupol unable to function effectively, resulting in civilians still being trapped in the situation. rain of bombs, storms of bullets”.

Meanwhile, Kiev region governor Oleksandr Pavlyuk said that Russia has gained control of the city of Slavutych, where the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant live.

Mr. Pavlyuk accused Russian forces of controlling the hospital in this city and kidnapping the head of Slavutych. Associated Reuters This information cannot be verified.

A day earlier, the Ukrainian side said that they had repelled the advance of Russian troops near the city.

On March 26, the Russian Defense Ministry said that since Moscow launched its military operation, it has destroyed Ukraine’s 267 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 207 anti-aircraft missile systems, 1,618 tanks and armored vehicles, 166 multiple rocket launchers, 662 field guns and mortars, and 1,453 special military vehicles.