New satellite images reveal the magnitude of the disaster in Mariupol

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Its size disaster in Mariupolwhich has been under siege by the Russians for almost a month and is receiving relentless bombing, the American company Maxar published today.

Statistics released by Ukrainian officials on Sunday show a bleak picture of the outcome of the bombings and battles in Mariupol.

According to these data, 90% of the residential buildings in the city were damaged, of which 60% were immediately hit and 40% were destroyed.

Seven of the city’s hospitals – 90% of the city’s bed capacity – were damaged, while three of them were completely destroyed. Three maternity hospitals (with one damaged), seven higher education institutions (with three damaged) and 57 schools and 70 kindergartens, with 23 schools and 28 kindergartens damaged also suffered damage.

In fact, many factories, as well as the port of Mariupol, suffered serious damage,

Indicative of the extent of the damage are the following images of the city before and after the Russian bombing.

Mariupol before the war

Mariupol now

Another photo shows the bombed theater of the city, where 300 people lost their lives after Russian bombing, as well as adjacent buildings.

According to estimates by Ukrainian officials, about 160,000 people are currently in the besieged city of Mariupol, where it is impossible to live because there is no water, electricity, heat, communication. Indicative of the situation in which the residents have found themselves are the queues that have formed outside the city’s supermarkets in order to supply food and water.

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