Up to 98% of Mariupol buildings are destroyed.
In Mariupol, almost everything is destroyed, about 95-98% of all buildings said President Volodymyr Zelensky in a media interview.
“Local people, children, the elderly and the military are blocked. Trapped in the city of Mariupol. It is more like a terrorist operation by the Russian Federation against Mariupol and the inhabitants of this city. Everything was destroyed there 95-98% of all constructions, whatever he has. We are talking about schools, gardens, ordinary residential quarters, the factory – this is a coastal city” said Zelensky.
He noted that the city is constantly under attack, so many people are just afraid to go out.
According to him, a number of people went to the territory controlled by Ukraine, in the Zaporozhye region and some people were evacuated in the territory controlled by Russia. “Children, adults, everyone has disappeared. They are now in different cities, we know, in special camps in Russian territory, and some are simply disappeared. This is a terrible tragedy, “said the president.
Russia’s aggression is said to have caused one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes in Mariupol. The occupiers are bombing unarmed residents and are blocking humanitarian aid.