Russia is ready for a humanitarian truce in the industrial zone of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol

To allow for the evacuation of civilians and the surrender of combatants, Russia He pointed out this Friday that his army is ready for a truce in “the whole or in part” of the industrial area of Azovstalthe last bastion of ukrainian forces in Mariupol.

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“The starting point of this humanitarian truce would be that the Ukrainian troops raise a white flag in part or in all of Azovstal”, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

According to the Russian ministry, departing civilians will be given the choice of whether to go to Russian- or Ukrainian-controlled territories, and Ukrainian soldiers will be treated well and the wounded will be treated.

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“This humanitarian initiative by the Russian Federation is in force 24/24″, he added, specifying that there are buses, cars and ambulances that are permanently available for transportation.

The ministry indicated that it transmitted this proposal to the Ukrainian deputy prime minister, Irina Vereshchuk, at the UNthe Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and that this message will be broadcast every 30 minutes”on all radio channels to the Ukrainian formations in Azovstal”.

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The Russian President, Vladimir Putin on Thursday claimed the conquest of the strategic city of Mariupol, after almost two months of fighting, although the vast Azovstal industrial complex remains under Ukrainian control.

Source: Elcomercio

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