The Ukrainian army has announced that it is preparing for what will probably be “the last battle” for Mariupol, in the south-east of the country, which has been besieged by the Russian army for more than 40 days. “Today will probably be the last fight as our ammunition is running out. It will be death for some of us and imprisonment for others, ”the separate 36th Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mikhail Bilinsky, part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, wrote on Facebook. «We are slowly disappearing», he reads in his appeal to the Ukrainians, «we don’t know what will happen, but we really ask you to remember us with a kind word». “For more than a month we have fought without supplies of ammunition, without food, without water”, doing “the possible and the impossible,” the military reported in their appeal.
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During more than 40 days of intense fighting, “the enemy gradually pushed us back, surrounded us and is now trying to destroy us,” explains the Brigade, deploring the lack of help from the army command and from President Volodymyr Zelensky. “There were only unfulfilled promises,” denounce the military in Mariupol.
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The Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: the defense continues
«The defense of Mariupol continues. The connection with the units of the defense forces who heroically defend the city is stable and is maintained ». This was stated by the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valery Zaluzhny, after the pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk claimed to have taken “total control” of the city’s port. «I emphasize that the conduct of defense operations is not a subject for public discussion. We are doing everything possible and impossible to win and save the lives of personnel and civilians, ”added Zaluzhny, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda.