Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Presidential Administration, said that now there are three options for what could happen after the battle for Donbass. During the last briefing, he said that the new phase of the offensive in the east is due to the fact that the invaders are trying to cordon off the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the city of Izyum, as well as to the south, in the direction of Volnovakha.

" ) inflicts distracting strikes, that is, it operates in the Kharkov region, in the Gulyaipol region. And he continues to try to take the city of Mariupol, which he fails. He focuses his main efforts on moving from the city of Izyum to the encirclement of the cities of Rubizhnoye, Severodonetsk, Popasnaya, which he also fails to do,"

He also noted that the fighting continues today according to the classical scheme of warfare..

" And now the enemy is concentrating his efforts on carefully probing our defenses, and then, if he finds a weak spot, he is concentrating his efforts there.. but our Armed Forces are working deftly,"

This is confirmed by the fact that last night the occupiers failed to break through the defenses and reach new positions..

" Our troops won't let you do that.. There is nothing to worry about,"

According to him, there are three options for how events can develop further..

" Secondly, they can get out of our territory, and thirdly, they can go back to peace negotiations,"

If, nevertheless, the Russians manage to destroy the defenders of Mariupol, the direction of our armed forces will be for complete destruction.

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Recall, on April 16, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky warned that the destruction of Ukrainian defenders in Mariupol would put an end to negotiations with the Russian Federation..

At the same time, he said that the situation in the city could be "

Earlier it was reported that the Russian occupiers evacuated almost 140 thousand people from Mariupol. The aggressor deliberately blocks the humanitarian corridors proposed by Ukraine: does not confirm the regime of silence, shoots or does not allow transport, does not allow food, water and medicine to be delivered to the city. And what the Russian Federation claims as evacuation is actually forced deportation and abduction of Ukrainians.