"The movement of Russian technology is continuing." The occupiers in Mariupol use people as a living shield - a local MP

Mariupol, August 23, 2022 (photo: Reuters/Alexander Ermochenko) Army of the Russian Federation continues to use Mariupol as a bridgehead for transferring military equipment, MP Dmitry Zabavin reported on Radio NV. “The Russian terrorist army made Mariupol a kind of bridgehead, a logistics hub, through which it moves the military equipment from the territory of the Russian Federation to the uncontrolled territory. This is what they need this corridor.

Therefore, the movement of Russian military equipment through Mariupol always happens - from the moment of capture and occupation of Mariupol, ”Zabavin said. The video of the day also said that when the invaders only tried to take Mariupol, they overtook the equipment from Berdyansk to Mariupol, and now the reverse process continues - through Mariupol de technician, which goes to the Zaporozhye region.

When asked who is now in Mariupol, the deputy replied: “Now there is a Salt from Dnrivtsi, a regular Russian army, from structures - representatives of special services and MOE. Their number was significantly reduced when compared to the beginning of the occupation. What can you say about these people? Molders. They behave as the owners of the situation and keep people in very difficult conditions. There are now about 100 to 150 thousand inhabitants in Mariupol.

The figure is very floating as there is constant internal migration. The invaders use people who are there as a living shield to keep the city. " Zabavin emphasized that the occupiers are now resorting to a variety of intimidation and information manipulations to keep the residents of Mariupol in the city: “The occupiers, through their collaborators, disseminate information that residents need to be in homes when the commission is coming.