MariupolMOSCOW, Mar 22 The Russian military continues to ensure the safe exit of refugees from Mariupol, press reports — service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. «Russian military personnel continue to ensure the safe exit of refugees leaving Mariupol. Every day, civilians who do not participate in hostilities and are, in fact, hostages of nationalist units that have entrenched themselves in residential areas and use the civilian population in as a human shield in the conduct of hostilities,» the report says. It is noted that most of the refugees learned about the evacuation and humanitarian corridors from friends, the Ukrainian authorities and the military hid this information from them. «On the 15th, we got out of Mariupol through the Volodarskaya highway. «Green Corridor» — the DPR released. Very nice and friendly people. They treated us with sweets — children, gave water for the journey, said the right way to go,» the Ministry of Defense quoted one of the refugees as saying. According to the agency, the humanitarian situation in Mariupol «acquired catastrophic proportions» because of Ukrainian nationalist battalions that do not want to lay down their arms and prevent the safe exit of tens of thousands of civilians from the city .
A refugee from Mariupol told how she melted snow under shelling
