The DPR reported that the nationalists refuse to give a humanitarian corridor to the residents of Mariupol

"The nationalists refused to provide a humanitarian corridor to the residents of Mariupol," TASS quoted the headquarters as saying.

As specified, "Ukrainian militants are spreading a new statement on social networks that the decision to evacuate the civilian population from the city has not been made."

The DPR noted that the nationalists "demanded to refuse to leave for safe territory."

Earlier, the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that the militants of the Azov detachment staged an explosion in Mariupol in a house on Meotida Boulevard.

As a result of the explosion, the house collapsed, leaving up to 200 people under the rubble in the basement, most of them women and children.

Earlier, the People's Militia of the DPR stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the headquarters of the Azov special forces detachment in Mariupol due to their refusal to obey the command.

From 10:00 Moscow time on March 4, the Russian side announced a regime of silence and opens humanitarian corridors for the exit of civilians from the Ukrainian Mariupol and Volnovakha.

According to the deputy head of the criminal investigation department of the Novoazovsky district department of the DPR Ministry of Internal Affairs, Artyom Malevanny, Ukrainian nationalists do not allow civilians to leave Mariupol, as they are afraid of being left without a human shield.