Graves and destruction seen in Mariupol as fighting rages in city

Record ID: 1667287

  • Title: Graves and destruction seen in Mariupol as fighting rages in city
  • Date: 4th April 2022
  • Summary: ***WARNING: CONTAINS PROFANITY*** DESTROYED BILDING PEOPLE DIGGING GRAVE NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PEOPLE DIGGING, EXPLOSION HEARD AT DISTANCE MAN LEVELING GRAVE (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MARIUPOL RESIDENT, DENIS (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING: "We've been doing it for the second day in a row. Four persons, pensioners. Two of them probably died a natural death - one woman was 9
  • Embargoed: 18th April 2022 09:04
  • Keywords: Mariupol Russia Ukraine destruction drama theatre
  • Location: MARIUPOL, UKRAINE
  • City: MARIUPOL, UKRAINE
  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe,Military Conflicts,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA003935304042022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES; PROFANE LANGUAGE (LINE 32)
    Residents of the southeast Ukrainian city of Mariupol on Sunday (April 3) were seen burring their neighbors in yard among heavily damaged residential buildings.
    The port city has been subject to intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces for weeks.
    "Lots of civilians were killed, and there are still lots of (bodies) still in apartments," local resident Denis told Reuters.
    "We dig graves in shell craters as it is easier to dig here," he added.
    Tens of thousands of civilians have been trapped for weeks with scant food, water and other supplies in the city that was once home to 400,000 people but has been devastated by the conflict.
    According to the United Nations, more than four million people have left Ukraine since the fighting started on February 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine for what he calls a "special military operation" to demilitarise his country's neighbour.
    Western countries call it an unprovoked war of aggression.
    Russia says the southeastern region of Donbas, where it has backed separatists since 2014, is now the focus of its military efforts.
    The besieged and bombarded Azov Sea port city of Mariupol has been its primary target in the region.
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