Civil volunteers also urged locals to get united, start digging trenches and supply food to Ukrainian troops. The people of Mariupol voiced their protest against the withdrawal of volunteer battalions from Shyrokyne and adopted a resolution to President Poroshenko, the General Staff and the Security and Defense under the title "Not a Single Step Backwards”.
Earlier, representatives of Ukraine and Russia at the OSCE Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire in Donbas agreed in April to demilitarize the village of Shyrokyne. Many observers believe this step will pave the way for the capture of Mariupol by the Russian military and their proxies.
