View of Mariupol in the direction of the Azovstal metallurgical plantUN, 19 Apr. Civilians at the plant «Azovstal» in Mariupol could only be a «human shield» for Ukrainian nationalists and radicals, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Representative of Russia, said at a meeting of the UN Security Council. month of the blockade, they suddenly reported that all this time they were supposedly with civilians. This despite the fact that until yesterday they did not report this. They did not mention any civilians, even when hundreds of military surrounded by hundreds were going to surrender, «- Polyansky said. » />DPR forces withdrew to a safe place for 120 people from houses near Azovstal
