Mariupol is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe in southern Ukraine and must be completely evacuated, stressed today the mayor of the city. At the same time, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Verestsuk stressed that the Kyiv has no plans to open humanitarian corridors today to evacuate civilians from besieged cities because intelligence services warn of possible Russian “provocations” in those corridors.
Its mayor Mariupol Vadim Boichenko stated that Fr.about 160,000 civilians remain trapped in the city without electricity. Twenty-six buses are waiting to evacuate civilians, but Russian forces have not agreed to allow them safe passage, he added.
“The Russian Federation is playing with us,” he said. THE Russia denies targeting civilians and blames Ukraine for failing to agree on safe corridors for trapped civilians.
Russian army “can go nowhere in Ukraine”
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said today that Russian forces are regrouping, but can not move anywhere in Ukraine, according to Reuters and the Athens News Agency.
She added that Russian forces are trying to strengthen positions they already hold and break up Kiev’s defenses, but have no hope of occupying the capital.
“As of today, the enemy is regrouping its forces, but can go nowhere in Ukraine”Maliar said during a briefing for reporters, without providing information on the movements of Russian troops.
Source: News Beast

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