Mariupol: “Azov” shows support for the actions of military leadership in new video address

DENYS KARLOVSKYI  –  MONDAY, 11 APRIL 2022, 19:29

The leadership of the "Azov" Regiment, which is taking part in the battles for Mariupol, said that they support actions of the Ukrainian military-political leadership.

Source: Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy Commander of the "Azov" Regiment, in a video address

Quote: "I ask you for unity. I call you to fight.

I address the whole world and those people who have the courage to act. Go out to the streets and raise blue and yellow flags. Go out to the streets of all cities of the civilised world under Ukrainian flags. Call on politicians, call on them to act decisively to liberate occupied Mariupol, Kherson, Izium, and other cities of Ukraine that have become hostages in this war.

Help our government to be heard – to be heard in the struggle for Ukraine! Do it for the sake of our dead, living, and unborn!

We believe in the military-political leadership of Ukraine! We continue to fight for Ukrainian Mariupol."

Background: 

• The 36th Separate Marine Brigade, which is involved in defending Mariupol from Russian forces, has published a video address to Ukrainians in the Russian language. The statement said that 11 April could be the last battle for all defenders of Mariupol, and that the Ukrainian military command had not contacted the fighters for two weeks.
• The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi later reacted, saying that the command had contact with the defending forces in Mariupol. He added that the details of the defence operation of Ukrainian defenders should not be the subject of public discussion.
• Russians are threatening to trap Ukrainian fighters at the "Azovstal" plant in Mariupol and use chemical weapons against them.