DPR People's Militia fighters leave liberated MariupolMOSCOW, Apr 22 In a US State Department statement about » disinformation» of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the situation in Mariupol and there is no grain of truth, one should be guided by the information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, said the press secretary of the head of the Russian state Dmitry Peskov. Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin said that in over the past two days, from 14:00 to 16:00, a regime of silence was declared, all hostilities ceased completely, humanitarian corridors were opened for the exit of civilians who may be on the territory of Azovstal, but so far no one has left the Mariupol plant. Later, according to Media, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Ukrainian forces still hold Mariupol. Shoigu's statement that the urban part of Mariupol is occupied by the Russian army was called disinformation by an American official. «There is not a grain of truth in these statements. We suggest everyone to focus on the information that was provided yesterday through the Ministry of Defense, which was reported by Minister of Defense Shoigu (Sergey ) at a meeting with President Putin,» Peskov told reporters.
