Washington. The last fighters defending Mariupol still occupy sections of the city and “will fight to the end” against Russian troops, Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said in an interview broadcast on US television ABC on Sunday.
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Military of the Donetsk People’s Republic walks through streets destroyed by Russian bombing in Mariupol, Ukraine. Photo App
“The city has not fallen. Our military forces, our soldiers are still there. They will fight to the end,” Shmygal assured on the program. This Week hours after the Russian ultimatum for them to leave the city.
Ukrainian soldiers besieged in Mariupol on Sunday appeared to have ignored Russia’s ultimatum to lay down their arms and evacuate this strategic port in southeastern Ukraine, whose occupation would be a major victory for Moscow.
The Ukrainian prime minister also rejected recent claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin that Moscow’s troops were winning the war.
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“Not a single big city has fallen. Only Kherson is under the control of the Russian forces, but all the other cities are under the control of Ukraine,” Chmygal insisted, specifying that more than 900 municipalities, including the capital, kyiv, are kept free from Russian occupation.
“We are currently fighting in the Donbas region and we do not intend to give up,” added the hierarch speaking in English.
For his part, in statements to the CBS network, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba ratified these statements and denounced the attitude of the Russians.
“The remnants of the Ukrainian army and a large group of civilians are surrounded by Russian forces. They continue their fight, but it seems from the behavior of the Russian army in Mariupol that they have decided to raze the city to the ground at all costs,” he said.
In an interview also broadcast this Sunday by another US television network, CNN, Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky ruled out the idea of letting Moscow seize the Donbas region and part of eastern Ukraine to stop the bloodbath. .
“Ukraine and its people are clear about it. We have no right to anyone else’s territories, but we are not going to give up ours,” he said.