Destroyed armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian army near MariupolDONETSK, March 2 Ukrainian nationalists are preparing a provocation in Mariupol , they bring the population to the territory of the plant, they place military equipment nearby, the People's Militia of the DPR said. «According to operational information received in the city of Mariupol, on the territory of the Azovstal plant, the commander of a separate special forces detachment» Azov «12 armored (operational brigade — ed. ) The National Guard of Ukraine is preparing for a mass provocation with the death of civilians,» the People's Militia reports on Telegram.The Armed Forces of Ukraine are blocking the exit of the civilian population from Mariupol, Basurin said. It is indicated that the civilian population is brought to the territory of the Azovstal plant, which is placed in mined workshops and offices, and military equipment is placed in the courtyard of the enterprise. Federation nationalists are planning to blow up the plant buildings, with further accusation of the Russian side of destroying civilians and civilian infrastructure with artillery fire,» the message says. >The DPR reported the destruction of the headquarters of the Ukrainian group » Sever» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine early in the morning on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, the civilian population is not in danger. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But there is no question of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized.The development of the situation is in the online report >>
The DPR assured that the residents of Mariupol and its suburbs are not in danger
