“It’s three days now since Russian troops broke into the territory of Azovstal. Heavy fighting continues to take a bloody toll. [Ukrainian] defenders have been taking on the overwhelming forces of the enemy one on one for 71 days”

Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy Commander of the Azov Regiment, appealed to the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to take care of the wounded Ukrainian soldiers who remain at Azovstal.

“It’s 3 days now since Russian troops broke into the territory of Azovstal. Heavy fighting continues to take a bloody toll. [Ukrainian] defenders have been taking on the overwhelming forces of the enemy one on one for 71 days.

Once again the Russians have broken their promise of a ceasefire and did not allow the evacuation of the civilians who continue to hide in the plant’s bunkers.

We are calling on the world to evacuate civilians and I personally appeal to the Commander-in-Chief [i.e., President Zelenskyy] to take care of the wounded soldiers who are dying in agony because of inadequate treatment.

Make it possible to retrieve the soldiers’ bodies, so that the people of Ukraine can say goodbye to their heroes. Respond appropriately to the urgent circumstances in which the enemy flouts all ethical norms, conventions, and laws, killing people before the eyes of the whole world, behaving in a lawless manner, and exhibiting a sense of impunity.”

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