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Description: (1 May 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Mariupol – 1 May 2022 1. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "We all hope that tomorrow's evacuation, this operation to save civilians, will continue. We hope our government, together in cooperation with the international organisations of the UN and the Red Cross, will manage to save our injured fighters. We have also said there are more people under the rubble at the Azovstal plant. There are elderly people, women and children." ++BLACK FRAMES++ 2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "(We need) Guarantees from a third party, politicians, world leaders, who will cooperate in negotiations with Russia to extract us from here. In fact the defense of Mariupol became a stalemate situation when our enemy became tired of losing forces." ++BLACK FRAME++ 3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "They (Russia) don't want to lose soldiers and we continue to keep up our resistance. So the best solution in this situation is our evacuation. Does it make sense to continue carrying on this massacre?" ++BLACK FRAME++ 4. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "I don`t want to comment on the negotiation process as it can have a harmful impact." ++BLACK FRAME++ 5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "(Mariupol) Has a psychological and strategic importance. There is a sea port, there is also a land corridor to it (From Mariupol port to the separatist controlled regions). But mostly Russia wants to get it for propaganda." ++BLACK FRAME++ 6. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "For 67 days we have fought against a huge group of troops, much more powerful than we were. In fact we fought against 14,000 soldiers who also had aircraft." ++BLACK FRAMES++ 7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "After air raids they shelled us with artillery from ships. In addition they used cannon artillery and multiple rocket launcher systems, GRADs. At the same time their snipers shot, they fought with mortars, tanks, small arms weapons. They used all these weapons against only a small square (of the Azovstal plant)." ++BLACK FRAMES++ 8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "We took a hit and with this step (the regiment's standoff at the steel plant) we saved many lives, because if we didn`t do this the frontline would have been much bigger. The frontline would be in another area, this ordeal would have gone further." ++BLACK FRAMES++ 9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Sviatoslav Palamar, Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment: "I hope the evacuations will continue. I hope our government and a third party, the UN mission, the Red Cross, will all try to evacuate all civilians not only from the plant but from Mariupol in general. I also hope to evacuate all the injured and killed, to evacuate all soldiers who are here now." ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ STORYLINE: The Deputy commander of the Azov Regiment that is holed up in the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol said on Sunday he was glad evacuations had begun, and hoped they would continue until everyone in the plant and in Mariupol at large had gotten out. "I hope the evacuations will continue," Sviatoslav Palamar told the Associated Press. Clients are reminded: Find out more about AP Archive: aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: instagram.com/APNews You can license this story through AP Archive: aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/a3c4614ed30a4fd6a93c26f46e7e2de1