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Russia sets deadline for Ukraine troops in Mariupol to surrender

17 April 2022, 4:21 PM  |
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Ukranian servicemen walk through the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.

Ukranian servicemen walk through the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.

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Ukranian servicemen walk through the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues.

Russia’s defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives.

Russia’s earlier claim that its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol, scene of the war’s heaviest fighting and worst humanitarian catastrophe, could not be independently verified. It would be the first major city to have fallen to Russian forces since the February 24 invasion.

Moscow said the remaining fighters in Mariupol who it says are both Ukrainian and foreign – are blockaded in the Azovstal steelworks plant.

“Taking into account the catastrophic situation that has developed at the Azovstal metallurgical plant, as well as being guided by purely humane principles, the Russian Armed Forces offer the militants of nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries from 06:00 (Moscow time) on April 17, 2022, to stop any hostilities and lay down their arms,” the defence ministry said in a statement.

US monitoring claims that Russia used chemical weapons in Mariupol:

“All who lay down their arms are guaranteed that their lives will be spared.”

Under the terms of deal proposed by Russia on Saturday, the remaining defenders in the Azovstal plant would leave between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Moscow time, without weapons or ammunition.

The start of the surrender would be indicated by raising flags, the ministry said: “From the Russian side – red; from the Ukrainian side – white, around the whole perimeter of Azovstal.”

There was no immediate reaction from Kyiv to the offer.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Russia on Saturday of “deliberately trying to destroy everyone” in Mariupol and said his government was in touch with the defenders. But he did not address Moscow’s claim that Ukrainian forces were no longer in urban districts.

“I want to be heard correctly right now: there has not been a single day since the beginning of the blockade of Mariupol that we have not been seeking a solution – military or diplomatic,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.

“But finding this solution is extremely difficult. Until now, there has not been a 100% realistic option.”

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