A letter from the defender of Mariupol the 36th SMBr marines of Ukraine army to the world society.

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We are publishing the letter of Sergey Volyna the commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Belinsky who after successfully getting out of Russian army encirclement in Mariupol joined with the Regiment “Azov” fighters. They are in Azovstal, a giant steel manufacturing plant with its concrete corridors, bunkers and level underground that has drove Russian army crazy to the point they have used chemical weapons against the defenders and have resorted use of 3 ton FAB-3000 bombs with Tu-22M3 strategic bombers. The situation is straight forward – Russian army wants all in Mariupol to be killed, but especially the defenders. In Azovstal bomb shelters are also 1000 civilians, including children. They, along with remaining 100000 Mariupol residents whom the Russian army won’t let to be evacuated, are destined to certain death if the world won’t actually pressure the Russians, Russian government, and the president of Russia.

The situation is the matter of life or death and death is certain unless a miracle won’t happen. At the moment Russian army controls the airspace over Mariupol which gives advantage to their land forces in the city.

I am Serhiy Volyna, Commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Belinsky, am addressing to you from the besieged Mariupol.

For more than 50 days, the defenders of the city have been heroically defending themselves, despite the overwhelming enemy forces and constant air bombardments, artillery and rocket fire. Mariupol is still a Ukrainian city, no matter what Russian propaganda tells you. We fight in fierce battles every day and hold back thousands of enemy troops, preventing them from advancing. This is at the cost of superhuman efforts and great losses.

But we need your help. The enemy took the city in a ring and is holding hundreds of thousands of civilians hostage. In our military bunkers there are women, who’re hiding with children, including babies. Mostly relatives of our military, who are wanted by the Russians. Without heat, water, food.

Our wounded die in unbearable torment every day, because medicines, disinfectants, and anesthesia are long over.

Ukrainian authorities have negotiated humanitarian corridors with the Russians, involving Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However, the Russian side did not keep its word and all the efforts were in vain.

We beg the world for help in evacuating the wounded, children, women and the bodies of the dead.

There were too few attempts to do so!

We call on world politicians, public and religious figures not to be indifferent to people who have fallen into the trap of Mariupol against their will.

Now we, the military, are forced not only to fight the overwhelming forces of the enemy, but also to take care of more than a thousand civilians

Do not believe Russia’s promises of a “green corridor” for the military. There is no doubt that this is a hoax to destroy the Ukrainian military group in Mariupol without a fight.

We will not give up and will fight to the end.

But our loyalty to the oath was not enough to liberate Mariupol.

The city needs to be unblocked immediately.

To do this, we need heavy weapons. It is in the power of the EU and the US to provide it to us.

Heavy weapons for the defenders of Mariupol will save the Ukrainian military group.

Mariupol can be saved. We are ready to fight to the last drop of blood. But we must know that the world has done everything possible for this. Then we are ready to do even the impossible for our country.

18.04.2022

Serhiy Volyna

Ukraine and English version of the letter can be reached on Serhiy Volyna Facebook wall https://www.facebook.com/serjvlk/posts/3267166030277233

 

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