Mariupol continues to be fired by all the forces and means of the Russian army that are in service, except for nuclear weapons, long-range aviation, etc.

This was stated by Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President Alexei Arestovich in an interview with Russian human rights activist Mark Feigin on April 27.

“Nevertheless, our defenders continue to go out on separate sorties, despite this, and destroy the enemy, who approached on the ground,” Arestovich said.

At the same time, the adviser to the head of the OP stressed that there are also diplomatic efforts: both Turkish and the UN Secretary General.

“We keep our fingers crossed, perhaps something will work out. I don’t want to anticipate events yet,” he concluded.

Recall that on Tuesday, April 26, during a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, UN Secretary General António Guterres agreed to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol . The President of the Russian Federation allegedly agreed in principle to the participation in the evacuation of representatives of the UN and the International Red Cross.

Earlier it became known that the Russian president said at this meeting with the UN Secretary General about the absence of hostilities in Mariupol . In addition, he assured that the Russian side is in contact with the military, who are in the dungeons of “Azovstal” and who, according to him, “should let the civilians go.”

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