Mariupol It has been under siege for two weeks. There, its citizens are forced to drink boiling water from the snow that falls on the city. The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has assured that aid will arrive in the city, which begs for the opening of humanitarian corridors.
The tone of the city since the beginning of the offensive is the impact of bombs on facades of residential buildings. Now, it’s hard to recognize her. the inhabitants of the city they have no electricity, heating or running water.
According to Zelensky, there is more than 10,000 evacueesbut that only means 3% of a population of more than 420,000 residents that Mariupol has. The situation of humanitarian catastrophe continues to await the opening of these humanitarian corridors and the arrival of aid convoys.
At least 1,600 civilians They have died in the city during the conflict so far, a situation for which Russia blames Ukraine. One of the pending evacuations is that of some 80 Turkish citizens who would have taken refuge in the city’s mosque and whose evacuation has been discussed between the Turkish foreign minister and Lavrov.
Mariupol is Russia’s missing piece to take over southern Ukraine and the Sea of Azov. They already control other cities like Berdyansk or Kherson. There, despite everything, there are protests against the occupiers, residents who resist submitting to a new government.
Source: Lasexta
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