Serhii Volynskyi (known as Volyna), Commander of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has called on foreign countries to undertake an "extraction" of people from Mariupol; that is, to evacuate military personnel and civilians to a safe place. He said that only a few hours, or at most days, remain for people to be saved.
On the night of 19-20 April, Serhii Volynskyi shared a written address in which he described two scenarios for saving Mariupol: a military one involving a lightning strike, or a political one involving political agreements.
Earlier President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said that Turkey was prepared to evacuate civilians and wounded soldiers from the besieged city by sea. Turkey has been holding negotiations concerning this, but so far these have not yielded results.