Few manage to leave the ruined Mariupol. They tell about the hell they experienced. The Ukrinform agency reports that the number of civilian casualties in Mariupol has exceeded 3,000.
Mariupol is cut off from the world by Russian troops. There is no heating, electricity, gas, food, water and hygiene items. The inhabitants are hiding in the cellars, because the city is only ruins.
Dmytro and Tania Shvets and their 7-year-old daughter fled Mariupol. They find shelter in refugee center in Dnietropetrovsk. Many were not so lucky. The Russian military shoots anyone, no matter if it’s an adult man, woman or child.
In an interview with CNN, Tania says that the bombing wiped Mariupol from the face of the earth and it is only a matter of time before it will happen to other cities in Ukraine. She also tells about a humanitarian tragedy and how they hid in the basement. “We didn’t wash ourselves for three weeks, we settled down in the bucket”. From time to time, the family would leave the shelter to find food, water, or to dig graves for their dead neighbors. “The neighbors asked us to help them dig a grave for their sons”, the woman says. Finally, there was no food and water. After all, they ate pigeons to survive.
For the first time in her life she saw her father cry, begging them to run away, he repeated to save their child. Tania also spoke by phone to her mother who stayed in Mariupol. She said goodbye to her because she did not believe that she would manage to survive the coming night. It is not known whether the woman’s parents survived.
The inhabitants are being gradually evacuated from Mariupol. So far, 21 buses of people fleeing the city have been taken away. The authorities provide specific information on where the bus is and how long it will be there. The government informs that it will not rest until the last resident is evacuated.
