On Sunday, the Azov Battalion aired images shot inside the vast Azovstall metallurgical campus, home to nearly 1,000 civilians.
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“On behalf of all people like Mariupol, I appeal to the world. Please help us! We want to live! We want to live in our city, in our country. We want to live normally and quietly. We are exhausted by these bombings and these relentless airstrikes on our lands. How long will it last? Help us! Stop the occupation of the Russian Federation against my country! My country is dying, my city is completely destroyed, not even a place to live. Everything was completely bombed. The children here, they always cry, they want to play, they want to live, ”cries a citizen trapped in the underground trails of Azovstalin near Mariupol.
The pictures show underground facilities, upgraded beds on the floor, and clothes set up to dry clothes.
We show the baby sleeping wearing a plastic bag instead of a diaper, without hygiene items.
Screenshot | Azov Battalion
“It simply came to our notice then. We don’t even go outside and our kids haven’t seen the sun for a month and a half! Says another woman.
“We have not been outside for two months, children, and no one is going outside. We have water and food for a week, ”said another citizen trapped underground.
“If it weren’t for the Ukrainian army, I wouldn’t know if we had anything to drink or eat.”
Screenshot | Azov Battalion
Soldiers can be seen handing over items to the public in the bunker and the video shows them wearing assorted coats, which match the company’s archive footage.
A soldier can be seen wearing an Azov battalion shoulder.
Reuters has not been able to independently verify where and when the video was taken.
The Azov Battalion was founded in 2014 as a group of pro-Ukrainian nationalist volunteers fighting against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Screenshot | Azov Battalion
kyiv then enlisted Azov militants as a battalion in its national custody. Russia accuses the group of being a neo-Nazi organization, while Ukraine denies the allegations.
Moscow announced on Monday its intention to end the war so that civilians living with Ukrainian militants could be evacuated from the besieged Azovstal metallurgical complex in Mariupol, the last reconsideration controlled by kyiv forces.
The Russian military and its pro-Russian Ukrainian delegation promised to “unilaterally stop hostilities at 2pm Moscow time (1100 GMT), withdraw units to a safe distance, and ensure that civilians leave at the behest of the Russian Defense Ministry,” the women said in a statement. Specifies the types of persons.
However, kyiv denied that an agreement had been reached. “Unfortunately, today I officially and publicly declare that there is no agreement on the humanitarian route from Azovstal,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vareshuk wrote in the Telegram.
According to Ukrainian civil servants, about 1,000 civilians are stationed in Azovstal. In all, at least 100,000 civilians are believed to have been evacuated to Mariupol.
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