Zelenskyy: Ukraine is not yet prepared for military operation to lift siege of Mariupol
Denys Karlovskyi – Saturday, 23 April 2022, 20:34
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine is not afraid of possible attempts on his life during an in-person meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
Source: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, at a press conference at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti subway station in Kyiv [Maidan Nezalezhnosti is Kyiv’s central square, the Independence Square, and the site of the 2014 Revolution of Dignity]
According to Zelenskyy: "We have a moral right to lift the siege of our cities by military means.
And we have high hopes that we will be able to do that.
Are we ready now? No. Don’t trust other sources: we are not yet ready to lift the siege militarily.
And, by the way, the guys who continue [defending] this part of Mariupol, Azovstal, who are there, who are under assault, these leaders, these commanders themselves understand this very well.
That’s the reality."
Details: President Zelenskyy added that he had a telephone conversation with the soldiers of the Azov Regiment who are defending Mariupol before the press conference.
He said that Saturday, 23 April was one of the most difficult days in Mariupol’s defence since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale military invasion. The President said that throughout the day, Russian troops fired from sea and from land, from tanks, aircraft, and artillery.
