President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that there is still not enough equipment to unblock Mariupol by force.

He announced this at a briefing following a meeting with President of the European Council Charles Michel..

" Unfortunately, we cannot achieve a positive result there yet.. Hundreds of wounded people are in the hands of our military and fighters. Protecting civilians with their backs, they lose their lives,"

He stressed that it was not for eloquence that he said "

" But I can't say that,"

According to him, Ukraine constantly offers the Russian Federation to open humanitarian corridors, but several thousand people “believed the invaders” and left Mariupol towards the temporarily occupied territories and towards the Russian Federation..

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He added that he does not know when Ukraine will be able to unblock Mariupol..

" There are two ways to unlock Mariupol. The first is serious and heavy armed assistance, which we count on and they count on, and by joint actions we can unblock Mariupol. While we do not have enough of this technology, it is for work in this direction.. The second way - diplomatic - is not yet agreed by the Russian Federation,"