The extraction procedure involves the movement of personnel from enemy-controlled territory and delivery to a safe zone.

This was reported in the command of the National Guard.

“The President of Ukraine personally, the entire leadership of the state is making efforts to find opportunities for the evacuation of civilians from Azovstal and continue to work on the application of the “extraction” procedure for wounded soldiers, doctors and the military , including with the involvement of the world community,” the statement says. message.

Today Mariupol is defended by:

• OZSP “Azov”;
• 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine;
• 36th separate brigade of marines;
• border guards;
• policemen;
• volunteers;
• terrorist defense.

“The entire military garrison of defenders! They are all heroes. All of them must be saved – and this is one of the main tasks that must be solved, and not only on the battlefield, but also at the international level!” – noted in the command of the National Guard.

At the same time, they noted that in conditions of active hostilities they have no right to disclose the details of military and humanitarian operations.

Recall that on May 7, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he and his team are looking for such a diplomatic option every day that can work to withdraw Ukrainian defenders from Mariupol.

As military expert Oleg Zhdanov explained, extraction is when, by agreement of two opposing sides, that is, Ukraine and Russia, a third country takes military personnel and guarantees that they will not end up in the country from which they were taken until the end of the war. That is, the military will be on the territory of a third country and will not engage in armed struggle.

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