The Ukrainian military, which is defending Mariupol, has published photos of wounded soldiers at the Azovstal plant.

A separate special unit “Azov”, which published a photo in its telegram channel, emphasizes that the conditions in which the wounded, crippled defenders of Mariupol are, should see the whole civilized world.

* Some images may be shocking *

“In complete unsanitary conditions, with open wounds, bandaged with unsterile remnants of bandages, without the necessary medicines and even food,” the military describes the conditions.

“The servicemen you see in the photo and hundreds more at the Azovstal plant defended Ukraine and the whole civilized world with serious injuries at the cost of their own health. Are Ukraine and the world community now unable to protect and take care of them?” They say. defenders of Mariupol.

The fighters appealed to the UN and the Red Cross to rescue the wounded, who are “no longer combatants.”

“We demand the immediate evacuation of the wounded servicemen to the territories controlled by Ukraine, where they will be provided with assistance and proper care,” Azov said in a statement.

In an interview with the BBC, Sviatoslav Palamar, deputy commander of the Azov Regiment, stressed that a real ceasefire must now be achieved and the wounded removed from Azovstal.

“It is extremely difficult for them, they die every day due to lack of treatment. There is no possibility to provide them with normal medical care,” he said.

The next, according to Palamar, is extraction, ie withdrawal of the garrison.

The procedure of extraction or exfiltration involves the removal, withdrawal of military and civilian from the scene of hostilities in a safe area, including in the territory of a third state.

A petition to the UN calling for an extraction procedure for the Ukrainian military blocked at Azovstal in Mariupol has garnered more than 1 million signatures.

The petition calls on the UN General Assembly to adopt a resolution obliging Russia to ensure the evacuation of all people from Azovstal.

It is used when the situation has threatening signs of loss of control and may lead to the destruction of personnel.

“Believe me, these soldiers deserve it. These guys did the impossible in these extremely difficult conditions. Roughly speaking, guys with bar-knives throw themselves at planes and tanks. I don’t know if there have been precedents of such heroism in history,” Palamar said. .

Ukrainian authorities have said that all women, children and the elderly were evacuated from Azovstal. But there are still more than 100 civilians in the plant’s shelters, says Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration.

Also on “Azovstal” there are military men, many of whom are wounded.

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