Russia-Ukraine war: Some 30,000 people evacuated from Mariupol “hell” this week

Some 30,000 people left the Ukrainian city of Mariupolbesieged by Russian forces, assured local authorities, who explained that they still do not know the balance of Wednesday’s bombing against a theater where civilians had taken refuge.

According to a message from the mayor’s office published on Telegram, “around 30,000 people left in their own means of transport” and “80% of the houses in the city were destroyed.”

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The City Council added in that message that he was “finding out information about the victims” of the bombing against the theater.

Although 30,000 people have been able to be evacuated towards Zaporizhia or Berdyansk through humanitarian corridors, other 350,000 are still in that southeastern city and “continue to hide in shelters and basements,” said the mayor’s office.

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Russian planes drop, on average, “50 to 100 bombs” on the city every day, the source noted. the periphery of Mariupol It is the scene of combat, he added.

Local authorities said they do not know the balance of Wednesday’s bombing against a theater in Mariupol, where, according to them, there were “hundreds of people, especially women, children and the elderly.”

“Yesterday and today, despite the incessant shots, the removal of rubble and the rescue operations continue as far as possible,” the mayor explained.

The Russian Defense Ministry denied having bombed the theater and blamed the explosion on the Ukrainian nationalist Azov battalion, which it had already accused of bombing a Mariupol maternity clinic last week.

More than 2,000 civilians have been killed in the besieged and bombed-out city for days, according to local authorities.

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Source: Elcomercio

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