They have caused disgust in the international community in the last hours the new complaints of the municipal council of Mariupol, which – via Telegram – accuses Russian forces of exhuming war victimsto cover up their crimes.
The same source points out that the Russians do not allow the inhabitants to bury people who are said to have been killed by the occupiers.
In statements to the BBC, the mayor of the city, Vadim Boichenkoconfirmed the council’s complaint while adding that the Russians have even brought mobile crematoria to burn the corpses.
On the battlefieldthe clashes in the last hours in many Ukrainian cities are uninterrupted.
Explosions were heard early this morning in Kyiv, as well as in the west city ​​of Lvivlocal media reported.
Air alarm sirens sounded in most of Ukraine.
In Mariupolfierce battles are in progress around the Steelworks facilities and in the port area According to the representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, as Kyiv tries to break the siege of Mariupol by Russian forces.
He said that the situation in Mariupol it is difficult and hardwhile adding that it is the first time since the beginning of the invasion on February 24 that the Russia used long-range bombers to attack that city.
In Kharkov, at least 10 people were killed and 35 injured from Russian bombing of a residential area, as announced by the local authorities.
Among the dead was reported to be and a seven-month-old baby.
In a Facebook post, the district attorney states that “a number of residential buildings were damaged or destroyedAnd attaches relevant photos of buildings and cars that have been damaged.
In Nikolaevaccording to the governor of the region, Vitaly Kim, 5 people were killed in the last 24 hours from bombings where cluster munitions were used.
Meanwhile, in an interview with CNN, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says about 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed to date in the war with Russia.
He added that about 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been injured, noting that it is unknown how many of them will be able to survive.
On the contrary, it was mentioned in the losses of Russian forces, speaking of 19,000 to 20,000 dead.
About with the possibility of using nuclear weapons by Russiathe Ukrainian president commented that “The whole world should be worried about the possibility of Vladimir Putin, pressured by his military failures in Ukraine, resorting to the use of a regular nuclear weapon».
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