HOT Ukraine: President Zelensky mentioned 2 ways to save Mariupol after Russia’s ‘ultimatum’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photos Pravda
According to Pravda, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that negotiations are underway to help Ukrainian defense forces in Mariupol, to whom Russia is demanding an immediate surrender.
“In Mariupol, the situation is very difficult. Our troops are blocked, the wounded are blocked. There is a terrible humanitarian crisis going on – no food, no water, no medicine. men. However, people are still defending the city. And gratitude is not enough for them, so negotiations are continuing,” Mr. Zelensky stressed.
The Ukrainian leader said that Ukraine wants to open humanitarian corridors to remove the wounded from Mariupol as well as women and children who are vulnerable. However, the Russians refused, the Ukrainian leader said.
Mr Zelensky also said that authorities were still “in contact with the defenses of the blockaded steel plant” and that negotiations were taking place “at different levels”.
“They (defense forces in Mariupol) know that they are carrying out the most powerful mission today. The enemy has a force six times larger (compared to the Ukrainian defense forces),” the Ukrainian president said.
“What can save Mariupol? It is that powerful weapons must be provided as soon as possible. The second is a matter of negotiation. A ceasefire is absolutely necessary to evacuate the wounded. But it depends on the willingness of Russia. They are issuing an ultimatum to our people that they should surrender,” Zelensky added.
Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry issued an “ultimatum” calling on Ukrainian forces besieged at a steel plant in the coastal city of Mariupol to lay down their arms. Russia pledges to guarantee life and safety, if it accepts the offer and stops all hostilities starting from the morning of April 17.
“Considering the dire situation at the Azovstal metallurgical plant and guided by purely humane principles, the Russian Armed Forces offer fighters from nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries cease hostile activities and lay down weapons starting at 6 a.m. Moscow time on April 17, 2022,” the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry said on the night of April 16.
Russia says that the remaining Ukrainian resistance troops in Mariopol are in a “hopeless state, with almost no food and water” and stressed that “all those who lay down their arms are guaranteed a guarantee.” live”.
Moscow has also asked the Ukrainian military to establish a direct line of communication at 5 a.m. and indicate the start of the actual ceasefire at 6 a.m. by raising flags around the perimeter of the house. Azovstal steel machine in Mariupol – red for the Russian side and white for the Ukrainian side. Ukrainian units would then have until 1 p.m. to withdraw from their stronghold without any weapons or ammunition.
Moscow’s proposal and terms of surrender “will be broadcast continuously throughout the night to the Ukrainian troops at the Azovstal plant on all radio channels with an interval of 30 minutes”, the Russian Defense Ministry added.
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