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In Mariupol, a rally was held against Russian invasion
In Mariupol, more than five thousand people gathered for a rally against Russian invasion, TSN reports . A rally on the square where the monument was recently demolished was organized by city activists.
People came with Ukrainian symbols, in T -shirts of the color of the national flag and embroideries. A huge yellow-blue panel was deployed. Police patrols stood around the perimeter, and representatives of volunteer battalions also guarded the rally.
At the beginning and at the end of the rally, those present sang the anthem of Ukraine. Social activists and ordinary residents of the city acted from the stage. The speakers welcomed the protesters with cries: “Glory to Ukraine!”, To which in response sounded: “Glory to the heroes!”. The Mariupol residents also chased: "One, Edina, Kaporna Ukraine!" And a screaming of football fans about the President of Russia.
The word was given to the mayor of Yuri Hotlubey, but during his performance, people whistled and shouted "shame!".
A resolution was adopted to protect the city with a demand to strengthen the approaches to it with anti -tank hedgehogs. “People are ready to pick up weapons and defend their city,” said the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Evgeny Firsov.
On Thursday in Mariupol, protective structures were strengthened, the Mariupol site 0629 reports . Volunteers began to form partisan detachments for protection in case of the invasion of Russians or pro -Russian militants. In the morning, an additional column of new armored vehicles from Zaporozhye approached the city.
Ukrainian troops hold the village of Nameless. It is located on a highway leading to Mariupol from Novoazovsk captured by the militants 8 kilometers from the latter.
On Thursday, the DPR militants announced the capture of three settlements near Novoazovsky - Sedovo, a cliff, and cold, Interfax reports . All three are located on a spit driving into the Sea of Azov to the south of Novoazovsk, and are connected to the mainland of the only road passing through the city.