The head of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko ordered on the provision of high combat readiness of Mariupol.

" As Commander-in-chief gave all the orders to the defense of Mariupol was provided and was provided with the high combat readiness, " wrote Poroshenko in his own microblog on Twitter.



Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of residents of Donbas. According to the latest information from the UN, from mid April to Ukraine forcibly deprived of life, more than 2 and a half thousand civilians, about six thousand wounded.

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