"For help from the draft in the army of Russia, contact me"

Information digest "Freedom time", April 22

On Thursday, Vladimir Putin abolished the assault on the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, where fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and several hundred civilians remain. Putin ordered to block this territory and invited the Ukrainian military to surrender. They rejected this ultimatum. And they themselves turned to the world leaders and President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky with a request to help leave Mariupol with weapons in their hands. The relatives of those who are now blocked in this city also apply to Zelensky.

Information digest "Freedom time", April 22

The authorities of Mariupol emphasize that attempts to take civilians in the territory controlled by Ukraine, over and over again end in failure. The Russian command refuses to coordinate humanitarian corridors, demanding the surrender of Ukrainian fighters. However, they do not intend to give up, even despite the lack of ammunition and food in a full blockade.

Advisor to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Mikhail Podolyak proposed to hold a "special round" of negotiations with Russia in Mariupol. Podolyak emphasized that he was ready to personally participate in these negotiations. The head of the faction of the President Party "The Servant of the People" in the Verkhovna Rada David Arahamia also said that he "was ready to arrive in Mariupol with Podolyak to conduct negotiations with the Russian side of the evacuation of Ukrainian military and peaceful townspeople."

According to the Washington Post, the Russian diplomatic note with a warning about the unpredictable consequences of arms supplies to Ukraine, sent to Washington to Washington a few days ago, only approved the White House in determination to continue military deliveries, since it was accepted as confirmation that the Ukrainian army effectively uses American weapons. US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of a new package of military and economic assistance to Ukraine. He also stated that the courts associated with Russia will be forbidden to enter American ports.

But what about the goals of the new offensive in Ukraine said the deputy commander of the troops of the Central Military District (CVO), Major General Rustam Minnecaev at the annual assembly of the Union of Defense Industry Enterprises of the Sverdlovsk Region, a quote for TASS. Not only the expansion of the geography of the "special operation" is noteworthy, but also to whom this general considers the warring parties in the Great Patriotic War.

Also today, the human rights activist from Obninsk Tatyana Kotlyar and her colleagues offer legal assistance to draft age citizens who do not want to go to the army for military service; Two -thirds of Georgian citizens, according to surveys, advocate the introduction of entry visas for Russians.

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  Andrey Sharogradsky

  International Radio Offer Freedom. Author and host of the information and analytical digest, podcast "Time of Freedom"