The situation in Mariupol is extremely difficult, the city is mainly under the control of the Russian armed forces, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanik said.
"The situation in Mariupol is extremely difficult. The occupants continue to block our units near the Azovstal plant, blocking humanitarian corridors. The only thing is that there are some agreements on the organization of an evacuation corridor today. Basically, the city is under the control of the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Russian soldiers are committing crimes there, they are trying to carry out activities to filter the population. We have records that the population is being forcibly removed to the territory of the Russian Federation," Motuzyanik said at a briefing.
