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By: EFE Updated 28 Sea 2022, 9: 54 am EDT
Near 160. civilians currently remain in the besieged Mariúpol, in the southeast of the country, the mayor of that Ukrainian city, Vadim Boychenko, reported on Monday.
“Unfortunately, there are still many people who are in the Mariupol city. The number surely exceeds 160.000 population. According to our estimates, around 160.000 people are in the blockaded city of Mariupol”, Boychenko said on television, quoted by the Unian agency.
He added that people are staying in a city where it is impossible to live today, without water, electricity, heating and communication as a result of the siege by Russian troops.
Underlined that what happens in the city is a genocide by Russia against the Ukrainian population and the inhabitants of Mariupol.
Referred to the “cynical game” when the Russian side talks about opening a corridor from Mariupol, but in fact not allow it.
The Unian agency adds that un is receiving cad Again more data confirming the presence of mass graves in Mariúpol.
Currently, the situation in the city continues to be tragic, he adds: the dead are being buried in the courtyards, and the Mariupol city council informed that more and more people are dying of hunger.
Meanwhile, the mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terejov, said on television that around 30% of its inhabitants left the city, although he specified that many have already begun to return.
He added that Russian attacks leave enormous losses every day in the city, where, to date, more than 1.100 homes have been destroyed.
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