Patrol officer Mikhail Vershinin, who defends Mariupol from Russian invaders, appealed to President Vladimir Zelensky with a request to provide the city with air defense systems. He recorded a video posted on Facebook by Alexei Beloshitsky, Deputy Head of the Patrol Police Department..

" We need air defense systems. Not small missiles that do not work against aggressor aircraft, but normal air defense systems.

We do not know for sure whether we will be alive when you watch this appeal.. Know that every city can have such a fate. Children and old people are dying under the rubble.

They sit for 23 days without water and light,"

The policeman also addressed the leaders of the countries of the world and urged to help Ukraine fight the Russian occupiers.. He said that the courage and power with which the defenders of a small European state confront one of the largest armies in the world should push world leaders to provide Ukraine with modern air defense systems.. Recall, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, said that there is no military solution to the situation in Mariupol. Forces that continue to defend the city cannot be sent reinforcements.