Mariupol continues to resist the Russians – Novinky.cz

According to the Unian agency, Vereshchuk accused Russian forces of forcibly “evacuating” people, including Mariupol, to Russia. She said the occupiers had apparently exported 40,000 Ukrainians so far. Kyiv has repeatedly complained that Russian forces, even with fire, are preventing the evacuation of civilians from the besieged cities and towns, including Mariupol, to Ukraine and are trying to export people to Russia.

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“The Ukrainian flag flies over the city. Today, the city of Mariupol remains a Ukrainian city, “Bojchenko said. He pointed out that the city has been under siege since the fifth day of the Russian invasion and that fierce fighting for it continues. According to the mayor, some peripheral parts of Mariupol have been taken over by the Russians and the siege is withdrawing, but the city is still controlled by the Ukrainian armed forces.

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The city is constantly being intensively shelled and bombed without distinguishing between civilian and military targets. For example, a raid on the Drama Theater last week, which housed more than 1,000 people, claimed about 300 lives, according to local authorities. Russian fire also destroyed the city hospital.

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