Ukraine does not accept Russia’s ultimatum in Mariupol and says its troops “will fight to the end”

The last defenders of Mariupol they still occupy sectors of the city and “will fight to the end” against Russian troops. This was stated by the Prime Minister of UkraineDenys Shmyhal, for which he ruled out the capitulation demanded by Russia.

“The city has not fallen. Our soldiers are still there and they will fight to the end. For now they are still in Mariupol.”he claimed Shmyhal in an interview with the American network ABC.

LOOK: “Inhumane” situation in Mariupol, which is already almost fully controlled by Russia

Russia This Sunday, he urged the Ukrainian military in Mariupol, a city in the east of the country besieged by Russian forces, to cease resistance and lay down their arms as of 06:00 Moscow time (03:00 GMT), a deadline that has already expired.

Moscow offered in return to spare the lives of the city’s defenders.

LOOK: Russia gives ultimatum to Ukrainians resisting in Mariupol: they must surrender this Sunday

the strategic Mariupolnext to the Sea of ​​Azov, is one of the main goals of the Russians in their effort to achieve total control of the region of the donbas and form a land corridor in the east of the country from the annexed Crimean peninsula.

The prime minister maintained that some areas of Mariupol remain “under Ukrainian control”while lamenting that the city is going through a “huge humanitarian catastrophe” as a result of the Russian siege.

Shmyhal assured that the citizens who remain in Mariupol “they have no water, no food, no heating or electricity”, and for this reason, he appealed to the allies of Ukraine to “help stop” this crisis.

According to the city’s mayor’s office, up to 20,000 civilians have been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry claims that the Russians have deployed up to 13 mobile crematoria in Mariupol to remove the bodies of murdered civilians from the streets.

Ukrainian authorities estimate that some 120,000 civilians remain in the besieged city, defended by the Azov Regiment, Marines and other forces.

Source: Elcomercio

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