Azovstal: Marines commander asks Elon Musk to help with evacuation

Anastasiya Kalatur - Thursday, 12 May 2022, 02:05

The Commander of the Marines defending Mariupol, Serhii Volyna, has appealed to the inventor Elon Musk with a request to help with evacuation from Azovstal.

Source: Serhii Volyna, Marines Commander, on Twitter and Facebook

Quote: "@elonmusk people say you come from another planet to teach people to believe in the impossible. Our planets are next to each other, as I live where it is nearly impossible to survive.

Help us get out of Azovstal to a mediating country. If not you, then who? Give me a hint."

"I ask every person on the planet Earth, help make Elon see my appeal."

Details: The statement notes that Elon Musk has "proved that there are no unsolvable tasks for him, that anything is possible", "he never gives up, and neither do we."

Background: 

• On 7 May, Serhii Volyna said that Mariupol defenders have ended up in a "hell-like reality TV show," watched by the entire world. They are still hoping that a decision regarding their evacuation will be made.
• The Ukrainian side offered the Russians to exchange the severely wounded Ukrainian servicemen who remained at Azovstal for captured Russian servicemen. No agreement has been reached yet. Negotiations are ongoing.