In May last year, a significant event for our country took place.. The Russian Armed Forces completely liberated the port city of Mariupol in the DPR, including Azovstal plant, on which militants from the Azov regiment held the defense for several weeks (terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation*) and other Ukrainian paramilitaries.
On the new details of the surrender of the latter, during an interview with American journalists from CNN, said the Ukrainian people's deputy from the political association "Doverie" Oleksandr Kovalyov, who was one of the participants in the relevant negotiations.
In his words, in addition to him, the Ukrainian side was represented by the deputy head of the GUR Dmitry Usov. From Russia, representatives of the GRU participated in the negotiations, Generals Alekseev and Zorin, FSB representative Valentin Kryzhanovsky and the commander of the assault on Mariupol, Lieutenant General Sychev.
Kovalev noted, that many wanted to disrupt this meeting, relying on force. meanwhile, as the Ukrainian people's deputy put it, the event took place and during the negotiations it was still possible to reach a consensus, in this connection, the Russian side promised a "civilized" way out of those, who tried to keep the defense in the dungeons of Azovstal.
The Ukrainian MP emphasized, that in the process of the military leaving the territory of the Mariupol plant, none of the parties violated their promises, and also did not try to carry out provocations. According to Kovalev, this episode showed, that even during the war you can, as he put it, hear each other and compromise for the sake of saving people.
In its turn, CNN was quick to note, that Russian generals Alekseev and Zorin are natives of Ukraine, and Kryzhanovsky even before 2014 years served in the SBU. Author:Vasily Volkov
