Destroyed houses in Mariupol. File photoMOSCOW, April 15Ukrainian nationalists are holding about 6,200 foreigners hostage as human shields, 76 foreign ships are blocked in ports, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, said on Friday. Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 6,198 foreign citizens from nine states hostage as human shields, and 76 foreign ships from 18 states continue to be blocked in Ukrainian ports,» Mizintsev said.
Russian Defense Ministry: Kyiv is preparing a provocation at the railway station in the Kharkiv region The general noted that the RF Armed Forces daily from 8.00 Moscow time to 19.00 Moscow time open a humanitarian corridor — a safe lane in the south-west direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine with a length of 80 and a width of 3 nautical miles. «The Kiev authorities continue to evade interaction with representatives of states and shipowners in resolving the issue of ensuring the safe exit of foreign ships to the assembly area. At the site of the International Maritime Organization, representatives of Ukraine refuse to discuss issues of ensuring the safety of the exit of ships, defiantly avoiding dialogue, «Mizintsev added. He stressed that Russia is taking all measures to ensuring civil navigation in the waters of the Black, Azov and Mediterranean Seas. He once again warned the international community about the threat of drifting Ukrainian mines torn from anchor along the coast of the Black Sea countries. exit of ships of foreign states from the ports of Ukraine,” Mizintsev said. Russian Operations in UkraineInfographicView
