More than five hundred shelters ready in Mariupol, if necessary, to accept people, about 300 basements will prepare in the near future, said on Wednesday the head of the Department on problems of civil defense and protection of the residents of the city Council Sergey Litvinenko.

Militia DND August 24, started an offensive in the South and plans to take under the supervision of Mariupol in the South of Donetsk region. Prime DND Alexander Zakharchenko has said before that Mariupol is placed in a partial blockade, the Militia took the city in a semicircle. Currently our plans for new large-scale offensive.

" today, ready to shelter residents More than five hundred basement, where held the light, provided water, bathrooms and other elements of life. In 282 basement (work - ed) continues, already nearing completion, " said Litvinenko in broadcast television channel " 112 Ukraine ".

He noted that a Large seekers are, for the most part, enterprises. The bulk of these areas in the basement.

Large forces of the Ukrainian army is still concentrated in Mariupol and in the Northern part of Donetsk in Donetsk airport in Artemovsk and in Slavyansk. In Mariupol are actively preparing for the defense of the city. Also a large number of security forces are surrounded by the so-called " boilers " under Elenovka and Amvrosiyivka. In the area of Elenovka militia managed to capture self-propelled mortar S " Tulip ", as Well as self-propelled gun S " Hyacinth ". Here, according to the headquarters of the militia, surrounded by the remains of about 1, 5, thousands of security forces.


Kyiv authorities since April of conduct in the East of Ukraine military operation directed against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat of the population of Donbass. 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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