Russia on Tuesday offered another chance to surrender to the remaining Ukrainian forces holed up at the Azovstal steel plant in the Black Sea port city of Mariupol.

All those holed up at Azovstal should exit the facility between 14:00 and 16:00 Moscow time without any arms or ammunition on them, the Defense Ministry directed.

“Considering the catastrophic situation at the Azovstal metallurgical plant…the Russian Armed Forces again offer militants of nationalist battalions and foreign mercenaries to stop hostilities and lay down their arms starting 12pm Moscow time on April 19, 2022,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

“All who lay down their weapons are guaranteed the preservation of life,” the ministry added.

The wording of the statement repeated – almost word for word – a similar offer made to the Ukrainian forces on Sunday, which they ended up rejecting. The Kiev authorities reportedly strictly forbids its troops from surrendering to Russians.

Under the new proposal, the commanders of the Azov battalion were told to establish uninterrupted radio contact with the Russian side, cease all hostilities and raise white flags along the perimeter of the steel plant.

It has again called upon the Ukrainian leadership to give the order to its fighters to “stop senseless resistance” and surrender. “But, understanding that they’re not going to receive such orders and commands from the Kiev authorities, we call upon [the holdout Ukrainian forces] to make such a decision on their own and lay down their arms,” the ministry added.

Mariupol has been the scene of the heaviest fighting during the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The city is now almost entirely controlled by Russian forces, with Azovstal remaining the last pocket of resistance. Those holed up at the steel plant, with its massive network of underground tunnels, have been running short on water and food, the Defense Ministry had said earlier, based on intercepted communications.

According to Moscow’s estimates, Ukraine’s losses in Mariupol have reached some 4,000 combatants, including “foreign mercenaries” and nationalist fighters of the notorious Azov and Aidar regiments.

Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.

Source: https://www.rt.com/russia/554140-ukraine-mariupol-azovstal-surrender/

Na today?

Face saving measure.

Someone needs to explain to Putin that his Russian Army is the Joke of the Century


Russia lacks Power to hold any part of Ukraine

Even in Crimea they will soon be driven out

in Ukrainian sailor voice," Russia orc f**k you". are you tired of throwing gravity bombs at azovstal . you should bring nuclear weapons too. azovstal is a fortress that can never be crumble.

Or what?

Can they do more than they have been doing?

Imagine how many Russian Indigenes who have been living permanently in Ukraine would be affected with this madness

Putin abeg go sleep, it's two months already and you're still dishing out threats.... Do your worst already so we can all rest.

Russia

This op, some comrades are cooking some vawulence for you for posting this.

How can you post this when Ukraine is winning, ask FERNANDEZISBACK.

Op ,you will see vawulence now

Damnnn niggar

Threat...

Nobody takes Russia threat serious anymore

Now they care about Ukrainian lives? smh

This war is far from over. Ukrainian resolve is so strong

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Christistruth00:


Someone needs to explain to Putin that his Russian Army is the Joke of the Century


Russia lacks Power to hold any part of Ukraine

Even in Crimea they will soon be driven out

a huge joke is this how he wants to revive USSR

Well... The west policy is to fight until the death of the last Ukrainian.

Any Ukrainian supporting Zelensky is an ignorant fellow


Zelensky wants Crimea back though, people in Crimea voted to stay under Russia. He wants to retain Donbass region though, those regions haven't been under Ukrainian rule since 2014.

Are these not madness?

And going against Russia a nation armed with over 10,000 nuclear warheads.

Ukraine will be worst than Afghanistan and Iraq combined. And will spend the next century to repay debt.

The only realistic approach is to go for a negotiated settlement.

Let go of Crimea since the people in Crimea wants to remain with Russia.

Recognize Donbass region as an independent nation since they haven't been under Ukrainian rule since 2014.

NATO neutrality boldly written in their Constitution.

The countdown begins

surrender or be drowned with vodka. stolichnya

Putin is a man of over bloated ego. I thought his minions were bragging that Ukraine would be blown away in just a few hours. It's already a month plus and Kiev hasn't been captured.

Putin and his troops are overrated.

Putin, pls go and sit down.

Overrated military.

Professional Military from Russia. Myopic mofos call you weak and bluff just because you’re not shedding much blood than they expected . Death is inevitable in war the Only thing you can do is minimize it.

Osariemen12:


Source: https://www.rt.com/russia/554140-ukraine-mariupol-azovstal-surrender/

Mortal Kombat,,, finishing

Oh God we pray please may we never have a president that will sacrifice the life's of his people for USA and nato....... In Jesus name we pray.




God bless putin God bless mother Russia.

EU fell right into US trap!
The Ukrainian crisis has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s about Germany and, in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. Washington sees the pipeline as a threat to its primacy in Europe and has tried to sabotage the project at every turn. Even so, Nord Stream has pushed ahead and is now fully-operational and ready-to-go. Once German regulators provide the final certification, the gas deliveries will begin. German homeowners and businesses will have a reliable source of clean and inexpensive energy while Russia will see a significant boost to their gas revenues. It’s a win-win situation for both parties.

The US Foreign Policy establishment is not happy about these developments. They don’t want Germany to become more dependent on Russian gas because commerce builds trust and trust leads to the expansion of trade. As relations grow warmer, more trade barriers are lifted, regulations are eased, travel and tourism increase, and a new security architecture evolves. In a world where Germany and Russia are friends and trading partners, there is no need for US military bases, no need for expensive US-made weapons and missile systems, and no need for NATO. There’s also no need to transact energy deals in US Dollars or to stockpile US Treasuries to balance accounts. Transactions between business partners can be conducted in their own currencies which is bound to precipitate a sharp decline in the value of the dollar and a dramatic shift in economic power. This is why the Biden administration opposes Nord Stream. It’s not just a pipeline, it’s a window into the future; a future in which Europe and Asia are drawn closer together into a massive free trade zone that increases their mutual power and prosperity while leaving the US on the outside looking in. Warmer relations between Germany and Russia signal an end to the “unipolar” world order the US has overseen for the last 75 years. A German-Russo alliance threatens to hasten the decline of the Superpower that is presently inching closer to the abyss. This is why Washington is determined to do everything it can to sabotage Nord Stream and keep Germany within its orbit. It’s a matter of survival.

That’s where Ukraine comes into the picture. Ukraine is Washington’s ‘weapon of choice’ for torpedoing Nord Stream and putting a wedge between Germany and Russia. The strategy is taken from page one of the US Foreign Policy Handbook under the rubric: Divide and Rule. Washington needs to create the perception that Russia poses a security threat to Europe. That’s the goal. They need to show that Putin is a bloodthirsty aggressor with a hair-trigger temper who cannot be trusted. To that end, the media has been given the assignment of reiterating over and over again, “Russia is planning to invade Ukraine.” What’s left unsaid is that Russia has not invaded any country since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and that the US has invaded or toppled regimes in more than 50 countries in the same period of time, and that the US maintains over 800 military bases in countries around the world. None of this is reported by the media, instead the focus is on “evil Putin” who has amassed an estimated 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border threatening to plunge all of Europe into another bloody war.

All of the hysterical war propaganda is created with the intention of manufacturing a crisis that can be used to isolate, demonize and, ultimately, splinter Russia into smaller units. The real target, however, is not Russia, but Germany. Check out this excerpt from an article by Michael Hudson at The Unz Review:

“The only way left for U.S. diplomats to block European purchases is to goad Russia into a military response and then claim that avenging this response outweighs any purely national economic interest. As hawkish Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Victoria Nuland, explained in a State Department press briefing on January 27: “If Russia invades Ukraine one way or another Nord Stream 2 will not move forward.” (“America’s Real Adversaries Are Its European and Other Allies”, The Unz Review)

There it is in black and white. The Biden team wants to “goad Russia into a military response” in order to sabotage NordStream. That implies there will be some kind of provocation designed to induce Putin to send his troops across the border to defend the ethnic Russians in the eastern part of the country. If Putin takes the bait, the response would be swift and harsh. The media will excoriate the action as a threat to all of Europe while leaders around the world will denounce Putin as the “new Hitler”. This is Washington’s strategy in a nutshell, and the whole production is being orchestrated with one goal in mind; to make it politically impossible for the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to wave NordStream through the final approval process. Hi

Since they have been defeated and secretly begging for peace according to Russian media
why not just walk in there and arrest them

Well, I guess the almighty army is afraid of face-to-face combat
It is much easier to throw bombs from miles away.

Some idiots are taking Russia as a joke because they only read from the western sources that have been concealing the truth. Ukraine damages are irredeemable. I have seen videos of thousands of Ukrainian troops surrendering to Russia. The gullible ones are calling Puttin clueless but Ukraine is bleeding heavily

Azovstal steel plant... This is an old news that place has been captured the rest there in the underground will eat hunger when their food finishes.





Russia are only invading because of the West’s foreign policy. What do you think the UK would do if Russia started setting up missiles in Ireland . Do you think the US would do nothing if Russia set up in Mexico? The Us nearly went to nuclear war when Russia tried to set up in Cuba. All the West had to do was leave Ukraine out of NATO and all those people would still be Alive.

Supporting Russia or not is a matter of choice for Africans to make and not your baseless imagination. UK, France and Europe lacks the moral authority to preach us about democracy and human rights. Our minds are still fresh about the colonization, slavery and the worst human rights violations one could think of. Just look at the type of democracy imposed on Libya.


God bless putin God bless mother Russia..

For Christ sake why are russian army wasting time on this war loving criminals? Burn them to ashes for the sake of innocent civilians and spare Ukraine of total destruction.


Putin pls act fast..... The west do not understand the language of peace and dialogue until they are totally defeated

some people here out of their love for anything America, have refused to see that America is the number one bully in the whole world.

I love America too, and I will prefer them to remain powerful, but not with absolute power.

Because absolute power currupts..

If anyone think America is fighting for Ukraine, they are deceiving themselves.
America is fighting to destroy the only country, that's preventing them from having absolute power. The military might of Russia is of great concern.

America practice democracy at home, but on the international stage, they practice dictatorship. They have little or no respect for the UN, they have even threatened the UN and its affiliates on numerous occasions.

America respects sovereignty of a nation, for as long as the nation is serving their interests. Once you fall out of line, and you refuse to fall back in line...... Forget it.

A unipolar world is dangerous for everyone of us.

Dis Mr Putin indeed is a Good and Gentle Man. He has play enough with dis Ukraine comedian president. Tym to show case what we have in stock.