Russia calls on Ukrainian forces to surrender Mariupol, claiming 'odious bandits' were responsible for the loss of civilian lives

Russian state media reported that the Russian Ministry of Defense called on Ukrainian forces in Mariupol to surrender.

The director of the Russian National Center for Defense Management asked the Defense Ministry for help.

There is a terrible humanitarian catastrophe in Mariupol.

Some of the worst attacks of the war have taken place in Mariupol. The city of half a million people has been bombarded and surrounded by Russian forces, leaving many without food, water, or electricity. Russian forces attacked multiple civilian targets in the city, including a theater and an art school, according to Ukrainian officials.

Humanitarian corridors for civilians to leave the city would be opened at 10 a.m. on Monday if Ukrainian forces agreed to surrender. The time is Moscow time.

Russian officials have been accused of shelling humanitarian corridors.

He didn't provide any evidence for the claims of bandits and neo-Nazis killing people in Mariupol.

The Russian state media outlet RIA Novosti reported that Mizintsev appealed to the odious bandits, who were responsible for hundreds of lives of innocent people, and now called themselves representatives of the official local authorities of Mariupol.

He told Mariupol officials that they had the right to a historic choice, either they were with their people or with bandits.