«It was an act of arson not committed by our hands» — Mariupol mayor's adviser on fire at occupiers' base
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On 4 August, a large-scale fire broke out in Mariupol, in the area of the occupiers’ new military base.
This was previously reported by Petro Andriushchenko, the advisor to the mayor of Mariupol.
Today, he shared details of the incident on Hromadske Radio.
«It was a deliberate arson, not done by our hands. It was carried out by the Russian military, of course, through our escort.»
The adviser described the consequences of the fire:
«At least three trucks were burned to the ground. One Russian Tiger vehicle was destroyed. At least seven Russian soldiers are in the hospital. Firefighters who extinguished the fire told locals they were ‘lucky to put it out in time,’ because if they hadn’t, the neighborhood would have ceased to exist due to the fire at the ammunition depot. There are clearly more consequences, but overall, it was a good operation.»
Regarding the number of similar occupier bases in Mariupol and the use of Azovstal, he said:
«There are a lot of them. The entire Ilyich Iron and Steel Works is a huge base. It’s like another Mariupol. Mariupol airport, the port area, and other locations. There is no area in the city without some kind of occupier base.
They refused to give up Azovstal because the degree of mining is so high that they simply do not risk it. Mine clearance is very expensive. There were ideas to build a helicopter base there, but they refused.»
Regarding the redeployment of troops from Berdiansk and Mariupol to the Pokrovsk direction, Andriushchenko says that this process is ongoing and adds that there are two directions of the occupiers’ troop redeployment that are simultaneously counteracting:
«We are at an interesting point. We attribute the redeployment of troops to their desire to increase pressure in the Zaporizhzhia region and move towards Vuhledar. We don’t have enough reserves yet. However, it seems they have managed to settle the situation with personnel in Zaporizhzhia because they are not touching the personnel from Toretsk. So, it is possible to assume they are forming a striking force.»
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