Russia announced full control over Melitopol and Kherson

“Ukrainian troops continue to use the” silence mode “for regrouping and restoring combat capacity.” This was announced at the briefing by the head of the National Center for Defense Defense Directorate, Colonel-General Mikhail Misintsev.

According to him, the means of objective control, including using unmanned aerial vehicles, Russia of Russia constantly fix all changes in the situation on humanitarian routes.

He stated that from the ten routes offered by Russia, the Ukrainian authorities agreed on only three today, but at the same time not a single humanitarian corridor to Russia once again.

“Russia agreed to those proposed by Kiev eleven additional humanitarian corridors in Kiev, Zaporizhia, Mariupol, Lugansk and Donetsk directions,” the representative of the Ministry of Defense stressed.

Mizinters noted that at the same time, the requests of the Ukrainian side for the delivery of humanitarian goods in Melitopol and Kherson look absurd.

“We once again report that these cities are under full control of Russia, their population continues to live a peaceful life and is provided with the Russian Federation with all necessary. There are no problems in assisting residents of these settlements,” he stressed.

In the Ministry of Defense also noted that the Ukrainian population is looking for protection from Russia, which is “confirmed by numerous appeals.”

“In the situation of the humanitarian crisis, most of the population held by the Ukrainian military in the city and those used as a” living shield “, looking for protection in Russia, and not in the West, which is confirmed by the million appeals of citizens for help in evacuation to the Russian side “,” said Mizintsy.

Also, according to Mizintsva, the main forces of the Ukrainian military in positions on the outskirts of Mariupol were liquidated.

“Forces,” DNR “with the support of Russian special forces destroyed most of the firepoints of Ukraine in residential areas around the perimeter of the city. A successful unlocking operation of the city allowed today from 15 o’clock to open humanitarian corridors to enter civilians and proceed to mass evacuation of the population” , “said the head of the National Defense Directorate Center Mikhail Mizinsev.