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Brigadier General, one Oleksiy Gromov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said during the briefing that the Ukrainian army is currently almost deprived of the opportunity to provide assistance to the army, including the Azov Regiment; (recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) that remain on the territory of the Mariupol “Azovstal” plant. According to him, during the briefing, the general said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine “repeatedly supplied ammunition, communications equipment, medicines” to Mariupol, but this became impossible. when information about it began to circulate. He said the Russian military had stepped up its air defense work, “leading to the loss of evacuation personnel and helicopters.” units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “are at a distance of 150 to 200 kilometers from Mariupol.”
At the same time, the general said that communication with fighters on Azovstal & quot; supported.
On the eve of the & quot; Azov & quot; some of the former commanders claimed that “after all, the process of preparing a military operation to unblock the city is underway.” At the same time, it was suggested that such a process could be “multi-stage”, details were not provided, timelines were not specified. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities said that Kyiv is now not ready to unblock Mariupol by military means. The deputy head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Anna Malyarova, also said on Wednesday that it was not possible for the Ukrainian armed forces to unblock Mariupol by military means. She added that “Ukraine's armed forces are doing everything in their power to improve the situation.”