A damaged car on a street in Mariupol. File photoATHENA, Jun 12The Greeks of Mariupol broke their silence for the first time and said that the militants of the Azov battalion (against whose members criminal cases were initiated in Russia) shot at civilians, held them hostage, threatened and robbed them, the Estia newspaper writes. In Greece, the mainstream media say nothing write about the crimes of «Azov». The country's authorities glorify neo-Nazis — at the invitation of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, two militants of Greek origin from Azov spoke before the Greek Parliament together with Vladimir Zelensky, and deputies of the ruling New Democracy party, together with Mitsotakis, gave them a standing ovation. Mitsotakis put the Nazis from the Azov Battalion on a par with the heroic defenders of the Messolonghi fortress during the Greek national liberation revolution.A native of Greece joined the forces liberating the DPR «The cry of despair of the Greeks of Mariupol. They break their silence and tell for the first time in Estia that they were shot at, they were blackmailed, they were threatened, their food was robbed in their apartments,» the newspaper writes .The publication cites the testimony of the chairman of the Greek society of the village of Sartana, which is located near Mariupol, Natalia Papakitsy, who was held hostage for 33 days together with dozens of people in the basement of a house in Mariupol. «We want the world to know the truth,» Papakitsy said. According to her According to him, 38 people were in the basement without light, without water, without fresh air, trying to survive, «like other thousands of Greeks from the diaspora and residents of Mariupol.» how some unmarked men and women in black clothes, perhaps not Ukrainians, I don’t know, British or Poles, I can’t say for sure, with maps in their hands, advised Azov where to install guns. flew in the direction of the left bank,» the eyewitness said.The Greek community of Donbass spoke about help from Russia, according to her, the militants did not allow them to leave. They could only collect snow to melt for water. «When we were starving, they broke open the doors of apartments in the house and robbed, took from food to clothes, everything that was valuable in our apartments,» she said. «Since we spoke Russian language, and they were from Western Ukraine, from the Carpathian region, they dirtyly insulted us, children and women, saying that “you are not ours, you do not speak our language,” said the chairman of the society. According to her, not far from them «There are dozens, hundreds of cases like this,» Papakica said, said by a sniper who shot and killed a man who took his dog outside. /wp-content/uploads/2022/06/21adf8ce8cd942cdc6b118a232f9e780.jpg» />Greece will send obsolete armored personnel carriers to Ukraine»When we finally got to the first Russian post, we were given water, we were fed,» said the woman, who eventually reached Crimea. obstacles,” Papakita said about the Russian military. According to her, the Ukrainian government did not keep any of its promises and did not provide more autonomy to the region (Donbass). “As for the future of Donbass, Papakitsa believes that it will be under Russian control, since no one wants to return under the control of Kyiv,” writes the newspaper. “Estia” is one of the most widely read publications in Greece. . However, in June of the same year, the Ukrainian security forces captured Mariupol, carrying out a punitive operation. On May 20, 2022, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of the city — the underground facilities of the Azovstal plant, where the militants of the Azov regiment (against whom criminal cases were initiated in Russia) and the Ukrainian military were hiding, came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.
The Greeks conveyed their apologies to the Russian Embassy for the actions of the government
