Russia: “Prepares parade in besieged and destroyed Mariupol for May 9”

THE Russia prepares military parade in the besieged Mariupol for May 9, its day of celebration victory over Nazi Germany, according to Ukrainian Military Intelligence Services. May 9th gives the opportunity for a large military parade in the Red Square of Moscow.

According to the GUR, the deputy director of the Russian presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, arrived in Mariupol to prepare for the parade. “The main mission of Mr. Putin’s official is to prepare for the May 9 ceremonies,” the GUR said in a statement to the Telegram.

Mariupol “will become a center of celebrations”according to the announcement. “The main thoroughfares are urgently cleaned, debris and corpses are removed along with unexploded ordnance. “

Russian viewers to watch reports on “joy” of Mariupol residents that the Russians are looking to reach their city, GUR reports.

According to the GUR, “large-scale propaganda campaign is in progress “to the population of the city, which, according to the Ukrainian authorities, now amounts to 100,000 to 120,000 people from half a million before the war.

Mariupol, according to the APE-MPE, is almost entirely under the control of the Russian army, with the exception of the metallurgical complex Azovstal, where the last Ukrainian fighters defending Mariupol and civilians remain fortified. The group has not been fully occupied by Russian forces.

The mayor of Mariupol, Vadim Boichenko, stated a few hours ago on Ukrainian television that fierce clashes are taking place at Azovstal where the last defenders and a few civilians remain, while contact with Ukrainian fighters in the last free zone of the city has been lost.

More than 30 children are among the civilians waiting to be evacuated from Azovstal.

Source: News Beast

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