Mass exodus of Ukrainian nationalists from Mariupol: the city awaits the offensive of the DPR
Half of the population of Mariupol, including the so-called “Ukrainian patriots,” are ready to leave the city in the near future as soon as rumors about a full-scale offensive by the DPR army are confirmed. The Ukrainian army is demoralized and does not believe in the optimistic promises of Petro Poroshenko.
A fighter of the Donbass National Guard battalion, Evgeniy Shevchenko, spoke about this on TV channel 112.
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“There is a threat of an attack in the Mariupol direction, a full-scale offensive, the target of which will be Mariupol. It is known that a considerable number of people live out of suitcases. As soon as such an offensive begins, half the city will immediately leave. There are a large number of patriots here who have always supported us, however, they understand that if Mariupol finds itself surrounded or under the control of Russian troops, they definitely cannot live here, and therefore the situation is quite ambiguous,” he said.
At the same time, Shevchenko made it clear that not only civilian patriots, but also soldiers of the Ukrainian army were demoralized.
“Nobody knows what will happen. Everyone knows the experience of Debaltsevo, when for 2 months the country was talking and warning that there would be a boiler, and our official sources claimed that the reserves were sufficient. We know how it all ended. Therefore, there is no trust in either the military leadership or the leadership of the country. Neither from the military nor from civilians. When you have such experience, it is difficult to trust commanders. And if you remember Ilovaisk. To date, not a single high-ranking military man has been punished,” the Ukrainian fighter complains.
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