Ukrainian military. File photoMOSCOW, Apr 27Ukrainian nationalists did not allow the evacuation of 90 citizens of five foreign states and continue to hold them hostage as a «human shield,» Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the RF Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response, said on Wednesday. Ukrainian nationalists continue to hold 90 foreign citizens from five states hostage as a «human shield,» he said. from interaction with representatives of foreign states and ship-owning companies in resolving the issue of ensuring the safe exit of blocked vessels to the collection area,» he said.The West is very scared: Russia is winningThe general recalled that 75 foreign ships from 17 states are blocked in seven Ukrainian ports — Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa, Yuzhny and Mariupol. ships of foreign states in the south-west direction and brings this information to the crews of the ships every 15 minutes by radio, Mikhail Mizintsev added. He explained that the threat of shelling and the high mine danger created by Kyiv in its internal waters and territorial sea the open sea. Along the coast of the Black Sea states, the danger from the drifting Ukrainian mines plucked from the anchor remains. In turn, Russia is taking the whole range of comprehensive measures for the safety of civil navigation in the Black and Azov Seas.In Ukraine, Russia is changing tactics, but not strategy»The Russian Armed Forces daily from 8.00 to 19.00 Moscow time open a humanitarian corridor, which is a safe lane for ships in a south-westerly direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine, 80 long and three nautical miles wide. Detailed information about the order operation of the maritime humanitarian corridor is transmitted every 15 minutes via VHF radio on 14 and 16 international channels in English and Russian,» he said. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and on March 25 they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
