This is an extraction procedure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and all state leaders are working on using the extraction procedure to release wounded soldiers, medics and the military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol blocked by the occupiers, the National Guard of Ukraine said. The extraction procedure means taking our defenders to a safe third country .
The President of Ukraine personally, all state leaders are making efforts to find opportunities to evacuate civilians from Azovstal and continue to work on the use of “Extraction procedures for wounded soldiers, medics and the military, including with the help of the world community,” the statement said.
The National Guard stressed that all this time the military continues to perform the tasks set for the defense of the city and the strategic object – the Azovstal plant. In particular, soldiers from the Azov Battalion, the 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, the 36th Separate Brigade of Marines, border guards, police, volunteers, the Defense of Mariupol – the entire military garrison of defenders! They are all heroes. All of them must be saved – and this, as noted in the NMU, is one of the main tasks to be solved, not only on the battlefield, but also at the international level!
“We are announcing the steps when at least some people were evacuated and evacuated to other cities. Evacuation itself is an extremely complex process, from the establishment of a regime of silence to the need to dismantle the blockages. At the same time, it is not possible to disclose more information about the actions and plans, “the National Guard added.
The NMU explained that they could not disclose important information about current operations. After all, this is not only the disclosure of plans for the enemy, but also an occasion for various fakes and misinformation, which nullifies this work.
“In conditions of active hostilities, we have no right to disclose details of military and humanitarian operations. At the same time, we will continue to seek solutions and do everything possible to save the lives of military and civilians, to deter the enemy and properly fulfill the constitutional duty to protect the state, “the NMU added.
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Earlier, Serhiy Kvit, president of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy National University, said on behalf of the Mohyla Community that the Ukrainian military defending Azovstal in Mariupol was ready to surrender to a third party and stay in the country until the end of the war.
At the same time, a petition to the UN calling for the deportation of Ukrainian troops blocked at Azovstal in Mariupol to a third country received more than 1 million votes . The petition on the use of the extraction procedure was registered four days ago by the wife of the commander of the Azov Regiment, Denis Prokopenko Kateryna.
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