The closest units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Mariupol are now fighting the hardest battles 65 km from the city north of Volnovakha. They are being attacked by superior enemy forces, so the deblockade of Mariupol is now out of the question.. This was stated by the adviser to the head of the OP Alexey Arestovich.

According to him, other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are located 100-120 km from Mariupol and they cannot go more than 100 km of the bare steppe, since Russian aviation and air defense will stop them.. There were attempts to provide air support, but they were unsuccessful..

There is currently no military solution for Mariupol, but this issue has been raised at the highest level in order to try to resolve the situation with a humanitarian catastrophe by political and diplomatic means in the first place..