The situation in Mariupol. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 5Ukrainian nationalists are holding hostages as human shields over 6,500 foreigners from 16 states, Colonel-General Mikhail, head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said at a briefing on Tuesday Mizintsev. The Ukrainian military shot in Mariupol cars where there were children. In addition, the Ukrainian side continues to block more than 60 foreign ships in their ports, he said. According to the head of the National Defense Management Center, Kyiv has created a threat of shelling and a high mine threat in its internal waters and territorial sea, which now do not allow ships to safely go to the open sea. «There is no danger to the freedom of civil navigation from the Russian Federation,» — he emphasized. Mizintsev once again warned of the threat of drifting Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea states. from the territorial sea of Ukraine with a length of 80 and a width of 3 nautical miles», — said the head of the NCUO.
