Kiev Refuses To Accept Russias Proposals On Mariupol – Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – twenty first March, 2022) Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk responded to a request by the Russian Defense Ministry concerning the evacuation of civilians from Mariupol, saying that Kiev is not going to give up.

The head of the Russian National Defense Control Center, Mikhail Mizintsev, stated on Sunday that the Russian Defense Ministry was urging representatives of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Red Cross to assist with the humanitarian operation to evacuate civilians from Ukraine’s Mariupol. Mizintsev additionally stated that Moscow was insisting on receiving an official written response from Kiev to all its humanitarian proposals on guaranteeing the security of Mariupol residents and town’s infrastructure.

“There can be no talk of any surrenders, laying down of arms. We have already informed the Russian side about this,” Vereshchuk informed the Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper, including that Kiev has already conveyed this stance to the UN and the Red Cross.

Mizintsev stated on Sunday that Russia was urging Kiev to cancel its orders to the nationalists combating in Mariupol to sacrifice themselves and develop into “martyrs.

” According to Mizintsev, the nationalists got the inexperienced gentle to make use of greater than 200,000 of town residents as “human shields.”

At the identical time, Mizintsev harassed that the Russian troops know concerning the “human shield tactic” and act rigorously, avoiding using heavy artillery, and clearing town block by block.

In the early hours of February 24, Russia launched a particular army operation in Ukraine after the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) appealed for assist in defending themselves in opposition to the Kiev forces. Russia stated that the purpose of its particular operation is to demilitarize and “denazify” Ukraine and that solely army infrastructure is being focused – the civilian inhabitants is just not at risk. Moscow has repeatedly harassed that it has no plans to occupy Ukraine.

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the aim is to guard the individuals of Donbas, “who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.”