“There, at Azovstal, a critical, agonizing situation is taking place.

It is clear that there are a large number of wounded, probably, there are seriously wounded.

This does not add health and moral and psychological stability, ”he said.

Litovkin stressed that the leadership of the military who remained at the plant asked for help.

“And the Ukrainian government, through the mouth of Zelensky, declares: “Stand to the end!”

- and does not offer evacuation, does not try to break the siege, does not bombard supplies, food, ammunition with helicopters, ”the expert said.

According to Litovkin, the Ukrainian government is not interested in the military at Azovstal.

Earlier, the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Ukrainian nationalists blocked at Azovstal would not interfere with starting to establish a peaceful life in Mariupol.