The Russian Ministry of Defense on the situation in Mariupol:

The situation in Mariupol has normalized. Residents of the city have been able to move freely through the streets without hiding from Ukrainian Nazi shelling. Humanitarian aid is being delivered: food, water and basic necessities. The authorities of the Donetsk People's Republic are organizing the clearing of streets from rubble and the removal of damaged Ukrainian military equipment.

All the remnants of the Ukrainian Azov Nazis, together with foreign mercenaries from the USA and European countries, are securely blocked on the territory of the Azovstal plant. Our demands to release women and children allegedly staying with them for free departure in any direction are ignored by the Nazis. The order of exit of civilians, if they are indeed there, from the territory of Azovstal for further evacuation is reported to the Nazis on an hourly basis. This information is also communicated to representatives of the Kiev regime through Deputy Prime Minister Vereshchuk.

The retention by the Azov Nazis and foreign mercenaries of civilian hostages, if there are any, proves that they are not "defenders" but utter terrorists.

In connection to this, the US State Department speaker's attempts to lie about the Nazi rabble's alleged retention of control over Mariupol are fake and direct aiding and abetting terrorists at the highest level of government. The State Department is habitually misinforming its own citizens and everyone else. Ukraine itself, its inhabitants in Mariupol and other cities, are of interest to Washington only in the profits from arms supplies and the fight against Russia at least "to the last Ukrainian", as Washington and all its satellites repeat with the help of the State Department.