Nationalist militants and overseas mercenaries blocked by the Russian Armed Forces on the Azovstal metallurgical plant in Mariupol have till Sunday to put down arms and give up, Col . Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev, the pinnacle of the Russian Protection Ministry’s Nationwide Protection Management Heart, mentioned.
“Contemplating the catastrophic scenario that has developed on the Azovstal metallurgical plant, and being guided by purely humane ideas, the Russian Armed Forces suggest that militants of nationalist battalions and overseas mercenaries cease all hostilities and lay down arms ranging from 06:00 Moscow time [ 03:00 GMT] on April 17, 2022,” Mizintsev mentioned.
He added that every one those that lay down arms are assured life.
In accordance with Mizintsev, the nationalists and mercenaries at Azovstal are “persistently demanding permission from the authorities in Kyiv to put down their arms and give up. On the identical time, representatives of the Ukrainian authorities categorically forbid doing this and are threatening [them] with subsequent executions.”
Mizintsev identified that, on Saturday, April 16, there was a pointy enhance within the depth of radio communications by militants of nationalist formations and overseas mercenaries at Azovstal.
