Mariupol commander says his soldiers ‘may only have days or hours left’ to live

The determined chief has referred to as on the West to assist get troops out of Ukraine (Image: Reuters / @RazomForUkraine / Twitter)

The determined chief of the final Ukrainian troops in Mariupol has referred to as on the West to assist them get out.

Serhiy Volynskyi, the thirty sixth marine brigade commander, mentioned in a video posted on-line final night time: ‘That is our enchantment to the world. The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to 1.

‘We're solely defending one object, the Azovstal plant the place, imn addition to army personnel, there are additionally civilians who've fallen sufferer to this struggle.’

‘We enchantment and plead to all world leaders to assist us.

‘We ask them to make use of the process of “extraction” and take us to the territory of a third-party state.’

He claims greater than 500 troopers have been wounded in addition to ‘tons of of civilians, amongst whom there are ladies and youngsters’.

The commander went on to say ‘this could possibly be the final enchantment of our lives’, fearing the final of his troops could also be ‘going through our final days, if not hours’.

He added: ‘They've benefit within the air, in artillery, of their forces on land, in gear and in tanks.’

Serhiy Volynskyi, the thirty sixth marine brigade commander, made a determined enchantment final night time (Image: @RazomForUkraine / Twitter)

Rescuers work at a residential constructing broken throughout battle in Mariupol, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)

It's feared Mariupol could quickly fall to Russian troops (Image: Reuters)

Smoke is seen rising from the Azovstal metal plant throughout Russian airstrikes this morning (Image: EPA)

His feedback come as fears develop that Mariupol, in japanese Ukraine, could quickly fall to Russian troops.

The ultimate battle for the town is looming as Russian forces have principally taken management of it – other than the Azovstal metal plant.

Ukrainian fighters have been informed to put down their weapons and Russia mentioned it should observe a ceasefire at 11am GMT to present them the possibility to take action.

Russia’s defence ministry issued an ultimatum to the surrounded troops final night time: give up or face the implications.

A number of weeks of brutal bombing have killed as much as 10,000 civilians and diminished many buildings to mud.

As many as 1,000 civilians are reportedly sheltering within the industrial web site which has not but fallen.

A four-year-old woman, recognized solely as Alice, is reportedly among the many ladies and youngsters stranded.

Mykhailo Podolyak, an aide to Volodymyr Zelensky, shared a heartbreaking video the place the woman says she misses her grandma and provides: ‘I need to go residence.’

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