Leaden ash, black smoke, frozen corpses – the cruelty of the images from Mariupol can hardly be described. About 80 percent of them are in ruins. In military hospitals, doctors fight for the lives of mutilated children. The dead are buried in mass graves. The city garden has turned into a nameless burial ground. 350,000 residents are trapped in this nightmare. In their basements, they seek shelter from the ongoing shelling from Vladimir Putin’s troops – while the city’s pocket tightens.
Mariupol looks like a burned out pyre. “An average of 50 to 100 bombs are dropped on the city every day,” the city administration said. According to authorities, more than 2,000 people have died in Mariupol since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began on February 24. “The bodies of many dead civilians lie in the streets,” 58-year-old Tamara Kawunenko told the AFP news agency after her escape. “It’s not Mariupol anymore. It’s hell.”
Ukraine: World outrage at attack on theater in Mariupol
The attack on the theatre, in whose protective cellar hundreds of people had sought refuge, triggered international outrage last week. According to Ukrainian sources, Russian troops bombed the theater on Wednesday, even though the word “Children” in Russian was prominently painted on the floor in front of both sides of the building. The Kremlin denies any attack and claims that Ukrainian forces mined the theater and blew it up themselves.
Meanwhile, the Russian army continued its offensive in Mariupol. The Russian Defense Ministry reported fighting with Ukrainian units in the city center. Aid organizations describe the situation in the encircled city as catastrophic.
Moscow continues offensive on Mariupol
According to the Kiev leadership, ten escape corridors have been set up for the harassed civilian population in the war zones of Ukraine. One leads from Mariupol in the south towards the city of Zaporizhia, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk said. The refugees were to be picked up by buses at the Berdyansk intermediate station, and aid supplies would also be handed over there.
Source: Stern
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