After the April-May siege of the city in the Donetsk region, citizens continue to collect the bodies of the victims of the bombings. To this harsh reality are added hunger and epidemic risks.
Euskaraz irakurri: Gosea eta krisi humanitariana, aurrez aurrez Mariupolen
At least 22,000 people were killed in Mariupol in the Donetsk region during the siege of the city between April and May. That’s what the mayor of the city said, who lives outside the city and held that position until the arrival of the Russians. In an interview on local television, he stated that: every day they are extracted among the rubble between which the city has been reduced 70 and 200 corpses
According to the Ukrainian authorities, 80% of the city has been destroyed. With a population of half a million inhabitants, about 100,000 people currently live in the rest of the city, which according to Kiev in some “worst humanitarian conditions”
Added to the task of extracting the bodies of the victims is the hunger. Petro Andrushchenko, an adviser to the city government, assured Monday that “the daily queue for humanitarian aid (actually food) in the old Metro mall is between 1,500 and 2,000 people; there is no drinking waterand it is not possible to obtain it anywhere”.
Because of the health problems and the lack of all kinds of resources, diseases are beginning to spread in the city and authorities are warning of a possible cholera outbreak as cases have been reported since May.
The British Ministry of Defense has warned that medical services in Mariupol are on the brink of collapse and that a cholera outbreak would further exacerbate this situation. They also warn of the dire shortage of medicines in other places such as Jersón.
The UK notes that Russia is struggling to provide basic services to the population in the Russian-occupied territories. “Access to drinking water is inconsistent, while telephone and internet services are severely disrupted,” he said on Twitter.
Meanwhile, the fighting around Sieverodonetsk continues. Russia has regained control of most of the city, but its forces have made little progress in encircling the greater area from the north and south. By taking this city, Russia can control all of Donbas.
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Source: EITB
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