A destroyed Mariupol was seen in satellite images
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new pictures of satellite detection Today show the devastation in Mariupola port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, central The war between Russia and the country ruled by Volodymyr Zelensky. Records are made by Maxar Technologies.
One of them shows fires near Fontana Street in the east of Mariupol.
Another clip shows hospital buildings and apartments in the west of the city that were damaged after being attacked.
Damaged apartment buildings in western Mariupol, Ukraine, March 14, 2022
Photo: Maxar Technologies/via Reuters
In the third picture, destruction can be seen in an area Primorskywest of Mariupol.
Damage and fire in Primorsky district, west of Mariupol, Ukraine, March 14, 2022
Photo: Maxar Technologies/via Reuters
besieged city
Mariupol is one of the cities most affected by the attacks of the military forces under the leadership of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine condemned the attacks on civilian targets. Russia denies attacking civilians.
The port city is considered strategic for Russia because it would create a land corridor between Crimea and the breakaway cities of Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region.
Mariupol has been completely surrounded by Russian soldiers since the first week of the invasion and has suffered one of the worst humanitarian effects of the war, with hundreds of thousands of people sheltering in cellars without food or water.
According to presidential advisor Oleksiy Aristovich, More than 2,500 residents of Mariupol Since the beginning of the Russian invasion on February 24. He attributed the number to information provided by the municipal administration, and accused the Russian forces of preventing humanitarian aid from reaching the besieged city.
This Monday, the Russian army allowed The first convoy of cars to escape from the cityAfter 10 days of unsuccessful attempts to mitigate civilian casualties due to the continuous shelling.
According to Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister, Irina Vereshuk, 160 private cars have left Mariupol for the port city of Berdyansk in Zaporizhia, in the southeast of the country.
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