Moscow to the last Ukrainians of Mariupol: Wear white armbands otherwise we will shoot you

H situation in besieged Mariupol is more than tragic with trapped civilians and the last Ukrainian soldiers one step away from extermination. His troops Vladimir Putin threatened to shoot civilians in the besieged city of Mariupol if they did not wear white armbands on their clothes.

According to the Daily Mail, Russia has been accused of forcing citizens to wear white ribbons, a symbol of the Russian military, to become “bait” for Ukrainian snipers – and in turn to help Putin’s men find out. where the snipers are hidden.

Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, told the Telegram: ».

“The Russians are gradually turning the city into a real ghetto for Ukrainians, while at the same time using citizens as bait to locate hotspots.”

The worrying development comes at a time when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said today that he was ready to exchange Russian prisoners of war in exchange for the safe passage of civilians and Ukrainian troops remaining in Mariupol.

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Mariupol Mayor Vadim Boichenko on Wednesday called on citizens to leave Mariupol as Ukraine announced plans to send 90 buses to evacuate 6,000 people from the city, saying it was the first time in weeks that it had reached a “preliminary agreement” with Russia on a safe corridor. But none of these previous agreements actually succeeded on the ground, with Moscow blocking all motorcades.

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Zelensky said the situation in the city, where 100,000 people remain, is deteriorating and hundreds of people believed to be injured are unable to access medical supplies.

Ukrainian troops rammed into Azovstal steel plant in Mariupolthe last major Ukrainian resistance pocket in the strategic port city, today ignored a second Russian ultimatum to surrender or die.

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Serhiy Volyna, one of the Ukrainian Marines defending the city from Russian aggression, warned today that his troops were facing “the last days, if not hours” after refusing to lay down their arms. Volyna said Putin’s troops were ten to one more and asked for help evacuating the wounded.

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Source: News Beast

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