Mariupol mayor reports mass casualties from nonstop Russian attack
A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which city officials said was hit by a missile attack, in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, 1 March, 2022. Photo: Reuters
The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is suffering mass casualties and a water outage as it defends itself from a nonstop onslaught by Russian forces, Mayor Vadym Boichenko said in a live broadcast on Ukrainian TV on Wednesday.
"The enemy occupying forces of the Russian Federation have done everything to block the exit of civilians from the city of half a million people," he said.
He did not provide an exact casualty figure.
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