The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has recognized this Sunday the impossibility of liberating the city of Mariupol, practically under the control of the Russian forces, through military means.
At a press conference with the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau (who visited Kyiv this Sunday as a gesture of support for the Ukrainian president Zelensky) explained that his country “lacks the heavy weapons necessary to liberate Mariupol” in a military operation. “And I say it openly,” the president stressed.
Likewise, the Ukrainian president explained that it is also practically impossible to guarantee the exit of the Ukrainian military entrenched in the Azovstal metallurgical plant and has accused Russia of blocking efforts for their evacuation.
“The Russian military, the Russian Army and the power leadership of the Russian Federation do not want our soldiers to leave,” revealed the Ukrainian portal Gazeta.
On the other hand, in the last few hours, 170 Ukrainians have arrived in the town of Zaporizhia as a result of the opening of the corridor for civilians in Mariupol and under the joint operation of the United Nations and the Red Cross, reports Sky News.
With this new arrival, there are already more than 600 civilians evacuated from the plant and its surroundings, practically the last defensive bastion of the city.
