Timeline: Six months since Russia took control of Mariupol

Record ID: 1985407

  • Title: Timeline: Six months since Russia took control of Mariupol
  • Date: 12th April 2022
  • Summary: For those who didn't survive, the bodies lay scattered around buildings or were hastily buried near where they died, graves marked with makeshift crosses and signs recording dates of birth and death. MARIUPOL, UKRAINE (FILE - MARCH 20, 2022) (REUTERS) (GRAPHIC) VARIOUS OF DEAD BODIES COVERED BY BLANKETS (GRAPHIC) PEOPLE PASSING BY DEAD BODY WRAPPED IN BLANKET AND DESTROYED
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  • Keywords: Azovstal Illich Ilyich Mariupol Russian invasion Ukraine damage defence of Mariupol destroyed evacuation residential buildings steel plant war
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  • Country: Ukraine
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Europe
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    Sunday (November 20) marks six months since Russia took control of Mariupol.
    Moscow launched what it called its "special military operation" against Ukraine on February 24. Kyiv and its allies say Ukraine was invaded without provocation.
    The struggle for Mariupol, a once bustling city of 430,000 on the shores of the Sea of Azov left it pulverised and with an estimated population in the tens of thousands.
    Russia seized full control of Mariupol in May when more than 2,400 Ukrainian fighters surrendered at the besieged Azovstal steelworks.
    The United Nations says 90% of the city's buildings were destroyed after Russia used tanks, artillery and air strikes to try to dislodge its defenders.
    Residents of Mariupol cast their votes in September in what Russia says are referendums aimed at annexing four occupied regions of Ukraine.
    Kyiv has condemned the vote, and the West has said it will not recognise the outcome of what it regards as illegal sham referendums.
    (Production: Natasa Bansagi, Kristian Brunse, Nasaybah Hussain, Ben Dangerfield, Paul Warren, Gabriela Boccaccio, Olga Vyshnevska)
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