civilians stranded in Mariupol, Ukraine accuses Russia of not respecting ceasefires

In Mariupol (Ukraine), a building was bombed by the Russian army on Tuesday, March 8. The residents, exhausted, are in a state of shock. The city, besieged, is studded with gutted facades, and bodies litter the streets. 300,000 civilians have been pinned down for several days by the fighting. Most live underground, in underground shelters. The population, hungry, goes to almost empty stores.

Ukrainian soldiers try to contain the distress. “Please stop stealing everything. We have to live together, this is our city”, asks one of them. Artillery fire continues, preventing the evacuation of civilians, although Mariupol is one of five cities where a ceasefire was established in the morning. In Sumy (Ukraine), another municipality concerned by the humanitarian corridors, the bombardments also continued.