the desperate appeal of a Ukrainian military commander in Mariupol

A Ukrainian officer entrenched in an industrial complex in Mariupol (Ukraine) launched a desperate appeal for help on Tuesday 19 April. “‘We are living our last days, even our last hours, the enemy is ten times more numerous than us’this was warned by the head of the Ukrainian military“, reports the journalist Naoufel El Khaouafispecial correspondent in kyiv for the 8 Hours of France 2, Wednesday April 20. Ukrainians are otherwise trying “to resist Mariupol, this besieged city in the southeast of the country“, he adds.

“The situation becomes more and more dangerous, and sometimes, one even has the impression that it is lost in advance. This is perhaps one of the reasons why Ukraine is begging the international community to exfiltrate them, to rescue them, as the danger is there.“, continues Naoufel El Khaouafiwhich specifies that for its part, Russia affirmed on Tuesday “to have opened a corridor which would allow Ukrainian soldiers who so wish to go in and out of Mariupol“. “At the same time, Russia regrets that no one has used this corridor“, explains the special envoy.