- 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 90-year-old. Two bodies were found nearby in the yard. There are lots of children in the yard. We decided to remove bodies so they won't decay, to do the right thing. And another (dead) person was found without documents near the Drama theatre. So it's a kind of common grave. (We dig graves) in shell craters as it is easier to dig here. We will bury here another guy who was killed by shelling in the building entrance, Viktor." PEOPLE WALKING BY VEHICLE WITH LETTERING, READING (Russian) "CHILDREN" (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MARIUPOL RESIDENT, DENIS (NO SURNAME GIVEN), SAYING: "There are lots of (casualties). Only in this yard there are probably seven dead, and I know there are others. Lots of civilians were killed, and there are still lots of (bodies) in apartments. I know that in that building two disabled persons were burnt to death because they couldn't walk and a there was a big fire, a lot of people died then." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DIGGING GRAVE NEAR RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SHOVELS VARIOUS OF MARIUPOL DRAMA THEATRE BUILDING DESTROYED BY STRIKE PEOPLE WALKING PAST DESTROYED THEATRE BUILDING VARIOUS OF DESTROYED THEATRE BULDING, EXPLOSIONS HEARD AT DISTANCE UKRAINIAN FLAG ON CABLE ARMED MAN IN MILITARY UNIFORM PATROLING STREET VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDING PEOPLE WITH EMPTY BOTTLES WALKING PAST MAN IN MILITARY UNIFORM PEOPLE WITH EMPTY BOTTLES WALKING, EXPLOSIONS AND FIRING HEARD IN BACKGROUND DESTROYED BUILDING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE GETTING WATER NEAR DESTROYED BUILDING, EXPLOSION HEARD IN BACKGROUND DESTROYED BUILDING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE COLLECTING WATER DESTROYED BUILDING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MARIUPOL RESIDENT, NO NAME GIVEN, SAYING: "People helped us, deepest gratitude to them. Our guys left us to the merÑу of fate. No we are cooking pancakes. The grace will be with us. We just keep living. Right, sonny?" FRIYING PAN ON GRILL GIRL READING BOOK WOMAN TURNING PANCACKES VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS VARIOUS OF DESTROYED BUILDINGS SEEN FROM DRIVING CAR (PROFANITY) VARIOUS OF TANKS AND MILITARY VEHICLES WITH 'Z' MARKS DRIVING ON ROAD NEAR MARIUPOL
- 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. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2022. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
