Russia claims that in each Mariupol there are between 5,000 and 8,000 last Ukrainian soldiers left short of ammunition, water and food. Ukraine: “We have no such information about soldiers who surrendered.” The presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia came to Kiev and met with Zalansky
Fighting in eastern Ukraine continues, and Russia is reportedly mustering a large military force in the region, with the aim of moving to the next phase of the offensive which will be much more powerful and powerful, and which is expected to cause very severe damage in Kharkov and other cities.
Meanwhile, Russia reported yesterday (Wednesday) that its people who have been fighting Mariupol for more than a month and a half, recorded a tremendous achievement yesterday, when they managed to bring about the surrender of more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers. According to the report, the achievement was recorded in one of the last pockets of resistance of the Ukrainians in the city. 1026 soldiers who were left without ammunition and could not fight, and in addition suffered from a severe shortage of food and drinking water, decided to surrender and lay down their weapons. According to the Russian report, about 90 of the soldiers who surrendered needed urgent medical attention after being wounded in the battles.
The Ukrainian government did not deny the report, but made it clear that it had no solid information about the surrender of forces, certainly not of such magnitude. However, communication in the area is very disrupted, and this is not impossible, according to the Ukrainians. Later, a commander in the ‘Moss’ battalion fighting Mariupol against the Russians announced that the soldiers who surrendered were not heroes and deserved a sign of disgrace. “Surrender is not an option,” Moss says, “we fight to victory or to death.”
Buildings damaged by the shelling in Mariupol
According to the Russian estimate, there are still about 5,000 Ukrainian soldiers left in Mariupol, and a maximum of about 8,000. All the Ukrainian army forces in the city are suffering from a shortage of ammunition, food and water, and in Russia’s estimation they will not be able to resist the ‘liberation’ of the city for much longer.
On Tuesday, the Moss Moss battalion claimed that some of its soldiers had been hit by a chemical attack carried out by a Russian helicopter. Worldwide surveillance closely followed the report, and U.S. and British intelligence agencies said they currently have no evidence of Russian use of chemical weapons. Kiev continues to shake off the dust of war, after the city emerged from immediate danger of Russian occupation. For the purpose of bringing them for burial, as well as evacuating the military tools and civilian vehicles damaged in the battles, outside the urban areas.
The destruction in Mariupol from the air
Yesterday, Russia threatened to attack Kyiv again, if the Ukrainian army’s attacks on Russian territory do not stop immediately. It is not clear what Russia means, and whether it is cheap and baseless propaganda or serious allegations of Ukrainian firing into Russian territory near the border. Following the visit of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Kiev a few days ago, the presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia paid a similar visit yesterday. The four presidents arrived by train and posed for pictures with Zalansky, strengthening his hands and encouraging him to continue Ukraine’s steadfast stand against the Russian occupation.
According to reports, the German president also asked to come to Kiev and meet with Zelsky, but the latter informed the German president that he was unwelcome in his country, in protest of Germany’s stance on the fence and its unwillingness to enter the thicket and take the Ukrainian side decisively, as other European countries did. And in the presidential context, Zalansky received a surprising boost yesterday from US President Joe Biden, who stood by Ukraine all the way, but yesterday stepped up to do so when he said Putin is “a dictator who commits genocide in Ukraine,” a claim Zalansky was the only one to repeat. .