Mariupol remains the hottest spot in the Donetsk region. About 95% of the city was destroyed by Russian invaders. There is no electricity, water, heating, communication, food is running out. How many people remain in the city is unknown.
TSN.ua collected everything that happened in Mariupol over the past day, April 27.
- Another lie of Putin: fighting in Mariupol continues
Despite the Kremlin’s assurances about the absence of hostilities in Mariupol, where the last defenders of the city continue to be at the Azovstal plant, shelling continues here. This is evidenced by a video published by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andryushchenko.
- “Everything except nuclear weapons”: Arestovich spoke about the situation in Mariupol
In Mariupol, fire influence continues with 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.
“Nevertheless, our defenders continue to go out on separate sorties, despite this, and destroy the enemy, who approached on the ground,” Arestovich said.
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- The Russians closed the entrance to Mariupol, introduce a permit to stay on the street
Since Tuesday, April 26, Russian invaders have banned entry to Mariupol, which is under siege, from Novoazovsk. The city is closed to citizens of Ukraine. It is impossible to get into it without a certificate of passing the filtration.
At the same time, Russians and residents of the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic” receive permission to enter without filtering for three days. The filtration certificate for all others is valid for only a week.
- WHO demands immediate humanitarian access to Mariupol
The World Health Organization has warned that the healthcare system in eastern Ukraine is near collapse, putting the lives of thousands of people in Mariupol and other communities under siege by Russian forces at risk.
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- Evacuation of civilians from Mariupol: the UN is preparing a team for the operation
On Tuesday, April 26, UN Secretary General António Guterres met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and after the meeting, the UN official website announced the Russian President’s consent in principle to the participation of the organization, together with the Red Cross, in the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal in Mariupol.
According to the representative of the Secretary General of the world organization Farhan Gak, now the UN is forming a team that should participate in the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol.
- Putin refutes the agreement with the UN on the evacuation of citizens from Mariupol
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on April 27 denied the UN information about the joint participation with the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. The speaker of Vladimir Putin said that the proposal of UN Secretary General António Guterres on participation in the evacuation “will be worked out.”
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- Arestovich called the main areas in which the invaders concentrated their forces
Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that during April 27, Russian troops concentrated their attacks on the JFO zone and Mariupol. During the day, the military-political situation around Ukraine did not change significantly.
- The occupiers are preparing a propaganda “press tour” to Mariupol
On April 28, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is planning a so-called “press tour” to Mariupol. The arrival of “journalists” to the territory of Ukraine is organized through Russian Rostov. In the destroyed Mariupol, a large-scale provocation is being prepared with an attempt to attract some Western journalists.
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- The Russians took valuable exhibits from the museums of Mariupol: original paintings and icons
The Russian invaders took out all the valuable exhibits from the Museum of Local Lore and the Art Museum of Mariupol, Donetsk region. The city held seven original masterpieces. According to preliminary information, the director of the local history museum Natalya Kapusnikova gave them to the Russians. It was she who knew the place of secret storage of paintings, monuments and icons.
- The owner of Azovstal called the steel plant a stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol
The metallurgical plant “Azovstal” became the mainstay of the Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol. This was stated by the Ukrainian businessman Rinat Akhmetov, who owns the Mariupol steel plant Azovstal.
“Mariupol was, is and will be Ukrainian. Our defenders are heroically fighting for every meter of Ukrainian land. I am proud that the stronghold of resistance is located at the Azovstal plant. I believe that our military will defend the city, and civilians will be evacuated,” he said. businessman.
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- Poland will accept wounded residents of besieged Mariupol for treatment
Polish President Andrzej Duda announced the readiness of the Polish side to accept for treatment civilians from Mariupol, Donetsk region, who were injured as a result of Russian occupation.
Recall, for the first time during a full-scale war, Ukraine managed to return two children from the occupied territory of the so-called “DPR” . Kira Obedinskaya lost her father in Mariupol, and her mother died when she was less than a month old. And Ilya Matvienko’s mother was wounded in the head during the bombing of Mariupol.
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