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Mariupol residents starving, Russian forces denying water, food to refugees: Authorities
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Head of Donetsk Military-Civil Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said thousands of Mariupol residents who managed to escape from Russian bombs are starving to death in occupied Manhushi and Melekin
New Delhi: Thousands of Mariupol residents who somehow fled from Russian bombs are now starving to death in occupied Manhushi and Melekin as they are being refused food from the Russian forces reported The Kyiv Independent.
"Head of Donetsk Military-Civil Administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said thousands of Mariupol residents who managed to escape from Russian bombs are starving to death in occupied Manhushi and Melekin. Russian occupying forces refuse to provide food, water and safe passage," tweeted The Kyiv Independent.
Currently, the city of Mariupol is under constant bombardment with satellite imagery showing significant destruction, according to a major in Ukraine`s army.
It is also not clarified if one of Ukraine`s key industrial facilities, the Azov steel plant, in Mariupol has been seized by the Russian forces
New satellite imagery shows the destruction of the city`s bombed theatre, with the word "children" clearly visible on the outside of the building, reported CNN.