The founder and first commander of the Azov battalion Andrey Biletsky said that the military, who are defending Mariupol today, will be in their positions until the last. During an interview with Yanina Sokolova, he named the reason why the invaders managed to cordon off the city - its defenders did not have enough weapons.

The problem is not only with weapons, although it is the main. But besides this, there are problems of food and drinking water..

" There is really a difficult situation with food and drinking water, but the biggest problem is weapons. Heavy weapons, anti-tank weapons, the situation is rather difficult with him. It was planned that Mariupol would be one of the main outposts on the front line, but it was not planned that it would be surrounded,"

He noted that today both Azov veterans and young volunteers who decided to go to the aid of Mariupol are in the cauldron in the city.. At the same time, Biletsky is sure that these soldiers will stand in their positions until the end..

" It's a deep solution. Azov never set itself any other choice,"

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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.