“Kalina” about the evacuation of civilians and the death of brothers/Screenshot from the video “remains very difficult. But they managed to evacuate the civilians who were hiding there.
How exactly this happened and what it cost the military, said in an interview with Channel 24, the deputy commander of the Azov regiment, captain Svyatoslav Palamar – Kalina. According to him, the evacuation cost the fighters their lives.
Hundreds of civilians from the territory of Azovstal were evacuated. On May 6, during the so-called ceasefire regime, 3 fighters were killed, 6 were injured, he said.
According to Kalina, one soldier died because the evacuation car was hit by an anti-tank system. And two more died due to the fact that the enemy dropped bombs from UAVs in the so-called ceasefire. It was this car that followed the civilian and was supposed to take him to the appointed place. 6 more defenders were wounded.
Evacuation of people is joy through tears
Svyatoslav Palamar says that the evacuation of civilians from the plant is definitely good but it is joy through tears. According to him, not a single car, international organization, mission or politician came to Azovstal.
Either the UN or the Red Cross did not enter the territory of the plant. There were also no politicians negotiating to see if civilians were left under the rubble. Not a single evacuation vehicle arrived at the territory of Azovstal. Not a single international mission has worked under the rubble that exists in Mariupol. “Kalina” said.
The Ukrainian military does not know how many tens of thousands of Mariupol residents died in the city. At the same time, they regret that people were able to evacuate so late.
How the evacuation works
The Ukrainian soldier stressed that the evacuation is, first of all, the merit of our military. After all, they raised a fuss and shout about it to the whole world. In addition, “Kalina” believes that this happened thanks to journalists who managed to attract Mariupol. He also noted the authorities who were able to agree on the evacuation.
Sorry it's late. And it's a pity that those who say so loudly: “Hurrah, we evacuated all civilians” do not for some reason talk about the lives of servicemen who died because of this evacuation of civilians. And can we say that all the civilians were taken away? I don't know. I'm not sure… The bodies of the dead should be taken away from the rubble,” he says.
According to Palamar, during the evacuation, our military takes civilians out of the plant.
“Our negotiation the group, together with the negotiating group from the other side, meet and transfer our citizens. They directly get into buses and leave the city in the indicated direction, “the soldier explained the evacuation process.
What's happening at Azovstal
- The plant remains almost the only outpost of the struggle for the city, which is surrounded. The Azov regiment, marines and others are fighting with all their might. Recently they announced that they managed to evacuate all the civilians hiding from the bombing. On May 8, the military from Azovstal gave an online press conference and spoke about the situation.
- Headquarters management officer Ilya Samoylenko reported that in the battles for Mariupol, our military had already destroyed 2,500 enemies and 5,000 wounded. They continue to do so. They are going to stay in Azovstal and fight to the last.
- Svyatoslav Palamar also stated that the Ukrainian military, his brethren, deserve to be evacuated from the besieged city. At the same time, President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia does not want to let our defenders go just like that. The invaders say they only exchange captives for captives.
