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The Russians attempted to establish humanitarian corridors for civilians with passages west toward Kyiv and Europe, or east toward Russia.  However, the first reaction by the SBU was to murder the chief Ukrainian negotiator just prior to completion on the details of the agreement with the Russians.  Eventually humanitarian corridors were set up, but Ukrainian forces killed many civilians attempting to evacuate.  Of those refugees who did get out, most chose to go to Russia.  Red Cross relief convoys were held up by Ukrainians outside the city. Zelensky ordered Ukrainian forces in the city not to surrender, and to fight to the last Ukrainian.  The neo-Nazis had desecrated memorials to the heroes of the [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://youtu.be/IZAcE-clNOE</ref>

The Russians attempted to establish humanitarian corridors for civilians with passages west toward Kyiv and Europe, or east toward Russia.  However, the first reaction by the SBU was to murder the chief Ukrainian negotiator just prior to completion on the details of the agreement with the Russians.  Eventually humanitarian corridors were set up, but Ukrainian forces killed many civilians attempting to evacuate.  Of those refugees who did get out, most chose to go to Russia.  Red Cross relief convoys were held up by Ukrainians outside the city. Zelensky ordered Ukrainian forces in the city not to surrender, and to fight to the last Ukrainian.  The neo-Nazis had desecrated memorials to the heroes of the [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://youtu.be/IZAcE-clNOE</ref>

The city's high rise apartment complexes, built of concrete and rebar in the Soviet era, were built with bomb shelters which residents lived in throughout the battle.  Azov forces took control of upper-level apartments to use as firing points on Russian and DNR forces.  On March 1, 2022, ''Greek City Times'' reported: "With Russian forces besieging Mariupol, in which 120,000+ ethnic [[Greek]]s live, SKAI news spoke with a Mr Kiouranas who lives in the city and exposed that Ukrainian “fascists” are killing people for trying to leave the city.  When asked by SKAI news if he planned to leave the city, Kiouranas responded “how can I leave? When you try to leave you run the risk of running into a patrol of the Ukrainian fascists, the Azov Battalion.  They would kill me and are responsible for everything.”<ref>https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/03/01/greek-in-mariupol-fascist-ukrainian/</ref>  

The city's high rise apartment complexes, built of concrete and rebar in the Soviet era, were built with bomb shelters which residents lived in throughout the battle.  Azov forces took control of upper-level apartments to use as firing points on Russian and DNR forces.  On March 1, 2022, ''Greek City Times'' reported: "With Russian forces besieging Mariupol, in which 120,000+ ethnic [[Greek]]s live, SKAI news spoke with a Mr Kiouranas who lives in the city and exposed that Ukrainian “fascists” are killing people for trying to leave the city.  When asked by SKAI news if he planned to leave the city, Kiouranas responded “how can I leave? When you try to leave you run the risk of running into a patrol of the Ukrainian fascists, the [[Azov Battalion]].  They would kill me and are responsible for everything.”<ref>https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/03/01/greek-in-mariupol-fascist-ukrainian/</ref>  

Here, Ukrainian's most elite Nazi fighting group met a humiliating defeat.

Here, Ukrainian's most elite Nazi fighting group met a humiliating defeat.