Russia urged on Tuesday Ukrainian forces to "immediately lay down arms” in a recent call further to the massive attack on eastern Ukraine. In this regard, Russia also issued a new ultimatum for the defenders of the city of Mariupol to give up their resistance.
“Ukrainian forces should not to fight fate, and should make the one and only right decision which is to stop military operations and lay down arms,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement. In addition, it addressed the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in general, and Ukrainian soldiers and foreign mercenaries in particular, to willingly stop this irrational defense otherwise they would suffer the consequences.