View of Mariupol in the direction of the Azovstal metallurgical plantMOSCOW, Apr 18On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of new military facilities in Ukraine and called on those who had settled at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol to surrender. 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 bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbas. .jpg» />The West is ready to believe in Moscow's incredibly cunning planAccording to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at the 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. The course of the operationOperational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces over the past day hit 31 military facilities of Ukraine, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov. in the area of Kalinovo — Popasnoe and six areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the enemy in the areas of Mirnoye, Slavyansk and Popasnoe. Up to 180 personnel and 15 armored vehicles were destroyed, the Russian Defense Ministry specified. In addition, Russian missile troops destroyed two command posts, an ammunition depot and an artillery battery in Ukraine in a day.
The main dream of Ukraine will come true: the West will take it for maintenanceThe situation at AzovstalThe Russian Defense Ministry called on Kyiv to order those who settled on Azovstal to surrender. According to the department, the military at this plant, realizing hopelessness, are ready to surrender, but a command from Kyiv is needed, otherwise they will face a military tribunal with a verdict. for the withdrawal of the Ukrainian military and militants of national formations who are ready to lay down their arms, as well as for the evacuation of civilians who, according to Kyiv, are allegedly there. However, as of 22:00 Moscow time on April 19, 2022, no one used this corridor. According to the Ministry of Defense, humanitarian convoys were deployed in advance in three directions in close proximity to the metallurgical plant in three directions: the first — from the western direction on Shevchenko Street; the second — from the eastern direction on Pobedy Avenue; the third — from the northern direction on Taganrogskaya street. Each humanitarian convoy includes up to 50 buses and vehicles for transporting people, up to 15 ambulances with medical and nursing teams. In addition, meeting and temporary accommodation points have been deployed in all these directions, food points and primary medical care have been organized.Ukraine was supposed to rally the «free world», but something went wrong. Also, a representative of the DPR law enforcement agency told RIA Novosti on Tuesday that units of the Donetsk People's Republic took 120 residents of Mariupol to a safe place, who were hiding in basements near the checkpoint of the Azovstal plant Shelling of the Belgorod village and provocation On Tuesday, the Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced that the border village of Golovchino had been shelled by Ukraine, and a local resident was injured. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case of attempted murder after the shelling. Also, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation became aware that the SBU was preparing a «monstrous provocation» in the Odessa region: officers dressed in Russian uniforms would arrange a «demonstrative execution» of local residents. And photos and videos about «Russian atrocities» will be «cynically promoted» through Ukrainian and Western news agencies. , and Germany
