Civilian Evacuees Confirm Mercenary Canadian General Hiding In Last Besieged Nazi Bunker In Liberated Mariupol

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Civilian Evacuees Confirm Mercenary Canadian General Hiding In Last Besieged Nazi Bunker In Liberated Mariupol
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BEZIMENNOYE, DPR (Sputnik) – The Ukrainian military mentioned a mercenary general staying at the Azovstal steel plant who was in touch with Volodymyr Zelensky, evacuated Azovstal employee Natalya Usmanova said on Sunday.

“The military came and said that they have a general sitting somewhere in the bunker. He was appointed. He is an Azov member. He is sort of a mercenary and he is in personal touch with Zelensky,” Usmanova told reporters.

Forty people, including 18 men, 14 women and eight children, were evacuated from the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol and adjacent areas on three buses. Another 46 people escaped from the territory on their own the day before.
All the evacuees were accommodated in a campground in the village of Bezimennoye, where they were provided with overnight shelter, food and medical assistance. The evacuation was monitored by representatives of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Evacuation of civilians from areas adjacent to Azovstal plant in Mariupol, 30 April 2022 - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.05.2022
Evacuation of civilians from areas adjacent to Azovstal plant in Mariupol, 30 April 2022
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On 7 March, forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic surrounded Mariupol and began a liberation campaign, with the remaining fighters of the nationalist Azov battalion now hiding in the underground tunnels of the Azovstal plant.

On 24 February, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine after the breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian forces. Russia said that the aim of its operation is “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.”

Former Canadian general could be among those hiding at Azovstal

A retired general of the Canadian Armed Forces could be among the Ukrainian nationalists blocked on the territory of the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol, Eduard Basurin, an official representative for the People’s Militia of the DPR, said.

Former Canadian general could be among those hiding at Azovstal

“A former general of the Canadian army, who at first seemed to have disappeared from view, but then the Canadian Ministry of Defense said that the general was leaving the army and moving to Ukraine. Maybe they want to save him,” Basurin said on Channel One television.

Russian troops and units of the DPR surrounded Mariupol on March 7. On April 21, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu announced that the city was completely liberated, although more than 2,000 militants of the Azov* nationalist battalion were still staying at Azovstal steel factory. President Putin ordered to cancel the operation to storm the industrial zone of the factory. Instead, he told Shoygu to block of the territory tightly “so that not even a fly could fly by.”

According to the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, about 400 foreign mercenaries are hiding at Azovstal together with the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist militants.

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