Smoke over the Azovstal plant in MariupolMOSCOW, Apr 17 Kyiv ordered militants in Mariupol to shoot those who want to lay down their arms, said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov. According to him, the Ukrainian group, surrounded and completely blocked in Mariupol on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant, was asked to voluntarily lay down their arms and surrender in order to save their lives. However, the Kyiv nationalist regime, according to radio interception, forbade negotiations on surrender, ordering the Nazis of «Azov» (against whose militants a criminal case was initiated in Russia — Ed.) On the spot to shoot anyone who wanted to lay down their arms among Ukrainian military personnel and foreign mercenaries «, — said Konashenkov. On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops /uploads/2022/04/a8409700cded4fbc6e0cc6d1c5486453.jpg» />Up to 400 foreign mercenaries blocked on Azovstal territory
