LVIV/KYIV — Intense Russian airstrikes were turning Mariupol into the “ashes of a dead land” as street fighting raged on Tuesday, a day after the key Ukrainian port city rejected Moscow’s demand to surrender.
Russia’s RIA news agency said Russian forces and Russian-backed separatists had taken about half of the city, citing a separatist leader.
The governor of Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said street fighting was taking place there and civilians as well as Ukrainian troops were coming under Russian fire.
The plight of civilians in Mariupol, normally home to 400,000 people, grew ever more desperate. Hundreds of thousands are believed to be trapped inside buildings, with no access to food, water, power or heat.
No comments:
Post a Comment