Smoke over neighborhoods in downtown Mariupol where fighting continuesMOSCOW, 5 Apr. The Russian military shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters that were trying to break through to Mariupol from the sea, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. before Kyiv, proposals on the possibility of voluntarily laying down arms for the military, but they were ignored. «However, these proposals are constantly ignored by the Kiev regime. Given Kyiv's disinterest in saving the lives of its military personnel, Mariupol will be liberated from nationalists by units of the Russian armed forces and the Donetsk People's Republic,» the major general said. According to the agency, during the day the missilemen and the Aerospace Forces hit 33 military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, five attack drones were shot down. In addition, a representative of the ministry announced a breakthrough in the defense of the Ukrainian motorized infantry brigade in the Severodonetsk direction by the security forces of the LPR. A group of troops of the republic is fighting on the outskirts of Zamulovka and Novotoshkovsky.
Russia will not play cat and mouse in negotiations with Kiev, Lavrov said
