The nine-day Russian siege of Mariupol, a strategically important port in southern Ukraine, killed 1,207 civilians, the municipality said on Wednesday via the Telegram platform.
“Nine days. Nine days of blockade of Mariupol. Nine days of non-stop bombing of the civilian population. Nine days when half a million people live without electricity, water, heating, communications. Nine days that the city has been cut off from the rest of the world. Nine days – 1,207 civilians of Mariupol dead. “Nine days of genocide of the civilian population,” the municipal authority said in the text.
The Ukrainian presidency confirmed its information. “We do not have the exact number, but the provisional number is correct,” he told AFP.
“We will never forgive. We will never forget. We are standing strong “, added to the text the municipal authority of Mariupol, which continues to be bombed by the Russian army. Authorities said yesterday that the Russian bombing had hit a pediatric hospital in a complex that also includes a city maternity hospital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of a “war crime”.
A key port on the Sea of ​​Azov, the industrial city of Ukraine had a population of over 450,000 before the Russian invasion began on February 24.
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