“The question remains open, and the ring, taking into account the fact that it is shrinking around Mariupol, and in some quarters, our units are already cleaning up from nationalist battalions,” Pushilin is quoted by TASS.
According to him, "the most important value is the preservation of people's lives, and this all complicates the process of liberating Mariupol."
Pushilin also stressed that the DPR authorities use all channels to notify civilians about the assistance being provided.
In addition, the head of the DPR said that the militants of the Azov detachment staged an explosion in a house in Mariupol on Meotida Boulevard.
As a result of the explosion, a house collapsed, under the rubble of which up to 200 people remain 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.