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On March 6, another attempt to evacuate civilians from the blockaded city of Mariupol was made. Forces of the Donetsk People’s Republic have evacuated more than 300 residents from the city along humanitarian corridors so far, according to the DPR officials.
“Despite the provocations of Ukrainian nationalists in the direction of humanitarian corridors, the Donetsk People’s Republic evacuated more than 300 people from Mariupol and the settlements of its suburban zone to the Novoazovsky district,” the DPR Defense Headquarters reported.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian side refused to guarantee a ceasefire regime in the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha, according to the representative of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic Eduard Basurin.
“No, the Ukrainian side refused to guarantee the ceasefire regime,” Basurin claimed.
However, the local authorities in Mariupol decided to let people out of the city along the humanitarian corridor, which was established along the Mariupol – Portovskoye – Mangush – Republic – Rozovka – Pologi – Orekhov – Zaporizhya route.
Three evacuation points have been established in the city:
- Sport Complex Ilyichevets, Nakhimov Avenue, 53.
- Drama Theater, Theater Square, 1.
- The Kalmius District Administration, Metallurgov Avenue, 193.
The ceasefire regime should last from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. local time.
On March 5, the first attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha failed.
Eduard Basurin, Deputy head of the People’s Militia Department of the DPR, said that the humanitarian corridor for evacuation was opened in the eastern direction along the M23 Mariupol – Novoazovsk and Volnovakha – Rybinsk highways. However, the Ukrainian authorities have stated that they intend to evacuate the population to Zaporozhye. Today, the route to Zaporizhia should be secured by the DPR forces. The Mariupol City Council announced that the evacuation of civilians from the city was postponed for security reasons. The Ukrainian soldiers warned civilians not to leave the city, claiming that the Russian opened fire.
According to some unconfirmed claims by the locals, the first buses with civilians which tried to use the humanitarian corridor on March 5 were targeted and turned back to the city. However, it was not clear who opened fire.
On the night of March 6, the DPR forces destroyed the 36th marine brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine which was deployed on the front lines between Mariupol and Volnovakha, where the humanitarian corridor passed. Most of the Ukrainian personnel were killed, the others retreated to Mariupol, according to the DPR military officials.
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The delay in the assault on the city of Mariupol and the postponement of humanitarian procedures were used by Ukrainian forces, who tried to send military reinforcements to support the nationalist battalions in the city.
On March 6, the DPR units destroyed another military column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine which was heading towards the Mariupol front lines. Multiple heavy military equipment, including three Hurricane MLRS were seized or destroyed.
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Information about the mining of residential buildings by Azov militants on the streets in the center of Mariupol, in the areas of park zones on Moskovskaya Street and Pobedy Avenue was confirmed.
Nationalist battalions installed about 10 thousand of PFM-1 mines, according to the representative of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic Eduard Basurin.
Grenades with strip wires were spotted on the streets in the areas left by the UAF forces in the southern cities of Ukraine. For example, in Kherson:
On March 5, a multi-storey building was reportedly blown up in the center of Mariupol by members of the so-called territorial defense, probably in an attempt to disrupt the evacuation of civilians. About 200 people were trapped in the basement.
On March 4, DPR forces shared a video from the base of the Right Sector in the village of Berdyansk, in the Mariupol region, where Ukrainian nationalists manufactured explosive devices, including 60 mm mines, prohibited by the Minsk agreements, and IEDs.
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