Mariupol “worse than Bucha”?
EU insider expresses concern - Russian radio points in the same direction
Created: 04/20/2022, 06:06
By: Richard Strobl
A line of buses set up by the Ukrainian Azov Battalion defenders to hamper the advance of Russian/Pro-Russian forces pushing deeper into the city.
© Maximilian Clarke/dpa
Russia launched a new major offensive in the Ukraine war.
Now fears are growing about the immense atrocity that lies ahead in eastern Ukraine.
Kyiv - Vladimir Putin's army has launched its announced major offensive in eastern Ukraine, ushering in a "new phase" in the Ukraine conflict, according to Lavrov.
Now there are increasing
fears
that Russia could act with
immense cruelty
and harshness in order to win the war.
Mariupol worse than Bucha?
Bitter fears in the Ukraine war
The strategically important port city of Mariupol
is now particularly in the focus of the Russian offensive
.
Bad fighting has been raging here for weeks.
Currently, the last remaining Ukrainian fighters are entrenched in the Azovsteel plant.
But there are also said to be civilians in the plant who feared the Russian advance.
Perhaps not without justification if one looks at the Russian atrocities in
Bucha
.
European circles assume that Mariupol could now fall to Russia within a few days.
And insiders expressed serious fears to
ntv
and
picture
: "I fear that it will be worse than in Butscha," according to a European insider, according to the reports.
After the Russian troops withdrew, a number of civilian bodies and mass graves were found in Bucha - civilians are said to have been tied up, executed and tortured.
In addition, Vladimir Putin is said to be planning to declare the city “liberated” on May 9th.
On this day, the surrender of Nazi Germany is traditionally celebrated in Russia.
Ukraine war: Russia wants to raze Mariupol "fortress" to the ground
But that shouldn't be the end of the war.
In the medium term, Putin plans to continue to control the Donetsk and Luhansk regions and establish a connection between Donbass and Crimea.
According to the insider, this should take four to six months.
Then the war could end in a stalemate, the insider continued.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian SBU says it has intercepted a Russian radio message.
In it, the leader of a Russian platoon stationed in Mariupol reports that the current plan is to "raze Azov to the ground."
Apparently massive air strikes should lead to this.
Apparently, no consideration is given to the remaining civilians - according to Ukrainian figures there are almost 1,000.
"Everyone left - everyone who wanted to," CNN continued to quote the Russian.
In the radio message, he also mentions the city of Lysychansk in Luhansk.
She will be “erased from the face of the earth.
The third day in a row,” said the Russian.
It was not possible to independently check whether this was really the information from the Russian army.
We have summarized the background to the Ukraine conflict for you here.
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