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MOSCOW, Apr 21 Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov spoke about the situation in Mariupol and said that the city liberated from nationalists.
"Mariupol is ours … the city is taken completely and irrevocably. The entire territory was systematically cleared of nationalists, Bandera, shaitans and all other trash, the administrative building of the metallurgical plant & # 34; Azovstal & # 34;, which is of particular strategic importance, was taken under control, and the entire adjacent territory was cleaned. The remains of the Nazis are blocked under the thickness of concrete and iron on the territory of the plant, and I am sure that these walls are the last thing they will see in their lives", he wrote in his Telegram channel.
The State Duma proposed to make the day of the liberation of Mariupol a memorable date, Kadyrov stressed that such an outcome was inevitable from the moment the city's defense was breached. The nationalists managed to explore Mariupol, collect weapons and supplies, took tens of thousands of civilians hostage, he said. According to him, the militants foresaw all possible options, but underestimated the enemy, which led to the gradual loss of the city. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at a meeting with Vladimir Putin on Thursday, said that over the past two days, from 14 to 16 hours, a regime of silence has been declared, all hostilities have ceased and humanitarian corridors have been opened for the exit of civilians who may be on the territory of Azovstal. , but so far no one has left the Mariupol plant.The United States will not evacuate civilians from MariupolShoigu reported that a Ukrainian group of more than two thousand people is now blocked at the enterprise. Putin pointed out that «there is no need to climb into the catacombs», it is necessary to block the industrial zone in such a way that «a fly does not fly by.» Russia launched a special operation in Ukraine on February 24. Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine. According to the Ministry of Defense, as of March 25, the Armed Forces have completed the main tasks of the first stage — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass. On April 19, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced the start of the next phase of the special operation.