War on Ukraine: Authorities: Girl dies of thirst under rubble in Mariupol

War on Ukraine: Authorities: Girl dies of thirst under rubble in Mariupol

Six-year-old Tanya died under a destroyed house, according to the mayor of Mariupol. Ukraine’s President Zelenskyj is horrified: “A child died of dehydration. In 2022! »

Ukraine blames Russia for the agonizing death of a little girl in the beleaguered port city of Mariupol. Six-year-old Tanya died of thirst under the rubble of a destroyed house, Mayor Vadym Boychenko wrote on the Telegram news channel.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyj was appalled. “In Mariupol, for the first time in decades, for the first time since the Nazi invasion, a child died of thirst,” Zelensky said. “One child died of dehydration. In 2022! »

Russia and Ukraine have been negotiating an evacuation of the strategically important city on the Azov Sea for days. So far all attempts have failed. Both sides blame each other. Russia, for its part, accuses Ukrainian “nationalists” of refusing to allow civilians to flee Mariupol.

Mayor of Mariupol: Humanitarian disaster

According to local information, hundreds of thousands of people are living there without water, electricity and means of communication. Mayor Bojchenko continued to write that it was a humanitarian catastrophe. He accused the Russian army of preventing deliveries of food and relief supplies.

Boychenko called for a no-fly zone. “It won’t bring our dear Tanya back, but it would save the lives of thousands of children in Ukraine,” the mayor said.

Since the start of the war on February 24, a total of 41 children have been killed and 76 injured, according to Lyudmyla Denisova, the human rights commissioner of the Ukrainian parliament.

Source: Stern

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