RIP Tetiana Kushnir
Is Mariupol supposed to be a modern day Masada or something?
I don't see why they're not surrendering.
Russia pours in from the East, South and North.
Yes, Zelenskyy has met with UK and supposed to meet in Ukraine with Biden's team today.
But, Mariupol is 400+miles away from Kyiv and any support UK/US will give.
I don't get it.
folks not sure why they haven’t surrendered yet…
russia seem to feel there’s some interesting people down there(foreign advisors, officials, etc) they not sure
Ukraine tried to send a couple of helicopters to extract some folks out. I think 4 choppers were shot down in total.
Some of the people down there wants to surrender but others ain’t letting them.
I saw reports that many want to be evacuated to a 3rd neutral country.
many people are interested in what’s down there.
Many people seem to think that Civilians we’re forced to shelter there. The citizens wanted to flee the area but was directed there.
Russia Says Prevented Ukraine Officers Fleeing Mariupol By Air
AFP - Agence France Presse
April 5, 2022
"This morning, April 5, around Mariupol, a new attempt by the Kyiv regime to evacuate leaders of the nationalist Azov battalion was aborted. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters, trying to reach the city from the sea, were shot down by portable anti-aircraft systems," defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.
He said Moscow had on Tuesday morning proposed that Ukrainian fighters lay down their arms and leave the city "via an agreed route" to territory under Kyiv's control.
He said the Ukrainian army had "ignored" the proposal.
"Since Kyiv is not interested in saving the lives of its soldiers, Mariupol will be freed from nationalists," said Konashenkov.
Last week, he said the Russian army had shot down a Ukrainian helicopter over the Sea of Azov that had come to evacuate commanders of the Azov battalion, which has been fiercely defending Mariupol for weeks.
Now this coming from the Russia side, so you know how that goes…..
I think there was 4 different times, they asked them to surrender
But Kyiv said they fighting to the end….
(We won’t know if they lying until bodies surrender)