Ukrainian commander in Mariupol says forces ‘facing last days, if not hours’
by Lorenzo Tondo and Luke Harding in Kyiv, Isobel Kos from World news | The Guardian on (#5YBQ5)
Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires
A Ukrainian marine commander fighting in Mariupol has said his forces are maybe facing our last days, if not hours", as another Russian ultimatum to the remaining Ukrainian troops in the besieged port city to surrender or die expired with no mass capitulation.
The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to one," Serhiy Volyna, a commander from the 36th separate marine brigade, said in a video message posted on Facebook. We appeal and plead to all world leaders to help us. We ask them to use the procedure of extraction and take us to the territory of a third-party state."
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