China News Agency, Nur-Sultan, April 20. Comprehensive news: According to Ukrainian media reports, on the 20th local time, Ukraine and Russia agreed to open a humanitarian channel in Umariupol.
The report also said that the Azov steel plant in the city of Mariupol was bombed by Russian forces and was almost completely destroyed.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Veresuk said on social media on the 20th that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to open a humanitarian channel in Mariupol that day to evacuate the elderly, women and children from the local area.
Veresuk said that local residents will be evacuated to Zaporozhye through the passage.
According to Ukrainian News Agency on the 20th, Parama, the deputy commander of the Ukrainian military force "Azov Battalion" stationed in Mariupol, said that the Azov steel plant was bombed by the Russian army on the 19th and was almost completely destroyed.
The head of the Russian National Defense Command Center, Mizhantsev, issued a statement on the evening of the 19th, saying that from 14:00 Moscow time on the 20th, Russia will continue to open humanitarian channels at the Azov Steel Plant to allow Ukrainian armed personnel and foreign countries to lay down their weapons. The mercenaries have been withdrawn. As of now, the new Russian ultimatum deadline has passed, and Mariupol has no sign of large-scale surrender.
Recently, the Russian army has stepped up its offensive operations in the eastern Uruguay region.
Ukrainian news agency quoted Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Motuzyanik as saying that the main goal of the Russian army is to defeat the Ukrainian armed forces in the east, establish control over Donetsk and Luhansk, and establish an alliance with Crimea. Land corridor.
More than 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in the Donbas region since Russia launched a special military operation on February 24, TASS news agency quoted Donetsk armed forces officials as saying on the 20th.
A day earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a newly released video speech that if Ukraine could obtain all the weapons it needs, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine may have ended long ago.
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