Since the beginning of the Russian offensive, the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has disappeared under the bombardments. Nearly 2,200 residents lost their lives in the attacks.
More than 2,100 residents of Mariupol, a besieged port city in southeastern Ukraine, have been killed since the start of the Russian offensive, the city hall announced on Sunday. “Occupiers cynically and deliberately strike residential buildings, densely populated areas, destroy children’s hospitals and urban infrastructure (…). To date, 2,187 residents of Mariupol have died in Russian attacks,” Mariupol City Hall said on Telegram. “In 24 hours, we have experienced 22 bombings of a peaceful town. Around 100 bombs have already been dropped on Mariupol,” he added.
A hospital in Mariupol, destroyed in the bombardments.
Mariupol, a strategic port city located between Crimea and Donbass, is plunged into an “almost hopeless” situation, lacking food and deprived of water, gas, electricity and communications, said Friday Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) .
Zelinskovo Street, where houses and residential buildings are located.
A previous assessment Friday of the local authorities estimated at 1,582 the number of inhabitants killed. Several attempts to deliver humanitarian aid to the city have failed in recent days.
A shopping center in an industrial area.
A new convoy accompanied by Orthodox priests with 100 tons of water, food and medicine was on its way to Mariupol, President Volodmyr Zelensky announced on Sunday.
A residential area to the west of the city.
“The key issue today is Mariupol, our convoy is two hours from Mariupol, 80 kilometers away,” he said in a video posted earlier this afternoon.
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Another residential area of the city.
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