Zelensky allowed the defenders of Mariupol to leave the city, they refused

The destruction of Mariupol

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The president said that Russia had forcibly removed more than 2,000 children from Mariupol, some of them without parents.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he allowed the Ukrainian military to leave Mariupol, but they refused.

“I talked to these guys (the defenders of Mariupol) … I also told them:” I understand everything, guys, we will definitely return. But if you feel like you need to get out – and you feel it’s the right thing to do and that you can survive, then do it. I understand what it looks like for the military. Do it.” I gave them that choice. They said, “We cannot (leave the city). There are injured people here. We will not leave the wounded.” Moreover, they said: “We will not leave the dead,” Zelensky said in an interview with Russian media.

The President noted that all over Mariupol corpses are lying on the roads, on the sidewalks.

“The corpses are just lying around – no one cleans them up – Russian soldiers and citizens of Ukraine, all … And our military is not ready to leave even the dead military. They are not ready to go out and bury somewhere, bury them like garbage – they are not ready. And not officers, But everyone. Therefore, they protect the city, protect the wounded, protect the dead, whom they want to bury,” the head of the Ukrainian state stressed.

Zelenskiy also said Russia forcibly removed more than 2,000 children from Mariupol, some of them without parents.

Recall that the Russian occupiers squeeze the encirclement of Mariupolmoving deeper into the city.

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