The mayor of Mariupol describes the city’s dire situation

• More than 100,000 people are besieged in Mariupol.
• Russian military gained control of the southern port city in May.
• Mayor has asked foreign groups to assist in the establishment of “green lanes” for evacuation.

According to the city’s mayor, Vadym Boichenko, more than 100,000 people are besieged in occupied Mariupol.

“They don’t have access to safe drinking water. Food, power, and prescriptions are all unavailable. Hospitals have been destroyed, and physicians have died. People do not live there; they eke out an existence by battling for food “According to the mayor.

After months of bombardment, Russian military gained control of the southern port city in May.

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Boichenko, who has since departed Mariupol, claims that many victims’ remains remain in devastated structures.

“Mariupol has a large number of people who have died. The corpses of those killed in the bombings have not been cleared by the Russians. Many dead are still buried beneath the rubble… This summer in Mariupol will be terrible, according to physicians. And it has the potential to kill thousands of people.”

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