Outskirts of Mariupol, which is being fought overMOSCOW, Mar 10 Reports of alleged damage by Russian aircraft the attack on hospital No. 3 in Mariupol is a provocation completely orchestrated by the Kiev regime to maintain anti-Russian excitement among the Western audience, Russian aviation in the Mariupol region did absolutely no tasks to hit targets on the ground, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, told reporters .»I will dwell separately on the informational provocation of the Kiev regime with the alleged «strike» yesterday by Russian aircraft on the Mariupol hospital No. 3. First of all, I note that the Russian Ministry of Defense yesterday announced a «silence regime» for the safe evacuation of civilians in the city. Absolutely no tasks to hit targets Russian aviation did not perform on the ground in the Mariupol region,» Konashenkov said. «The analysis of the statements made by the representative of the Kiev nationalist regime, photographic materials from the hospital leave no doubt: the alleged «airstrike» is a completely orchestrated provocation to maintain anti-Russian excitement among the Western audience,» the general emphasized. According to him, the Russian side has repeatedly stated that the medical institutions of Mariupol , including Hospital No. 3, stopped their full-time work at the end of February. «All the staff and patients were dispersed by the nationalists. The hospital building, due to its favorable tactical location close to the city center, was converted into a stronghold of the Azov national battalion (against whose militants a criminal case was initiated in the Russian Federation — ed.),» Konashenkov added. residents of the city, who have moved both to the areas controlled by Kyiv and controlled by the Donetsk People's Republic, report in large numbers,» the general noted.
