VIDEO: Shoigu Reports to Putin That Mariupol Has Been Liberated

Mariupol has been liberated. Russian media reports that this was communicated to Russian President Vladimir Putin by Defense Minister Shoigu.

He added that more than 2,000 Ukrainian militants are still trapped in Azovstal. Recall that on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a special military operation for the demilitarization of Ukraine. In a televised address, he stated that the circumstances "require decisive and immediate actions from us; the Donetsk People's Republics have appealed to Russia for assistance." According to the Russian leader, all responsibility for the bloodshed will rest on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine. He called on Ukrainian soldiers not to follow the criminal orders of Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms, and to go home.