INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
More than 2,100 residents of Ukraine's besieged port city of Mariupol have been killed since hostilities began, the local authorities said
Sunday."As of today, 2,187 Mariupol residents have died from attacks by Russia," the city council posted on Telegram.It said around 100
aerial bombs have been dropped on the city
The bombing of a maternity and children's hospital wounded 17 on Wednesday and prompted international condemnation.The Azov Sea port city of
around half a million has been under siege since early this month and is facing what Ukraine and aid agencies call a "humanitarian
There is no electricity, water, or heat in the city, there is almost no mobile communication, and the last supplies of food and water are
running out," the local authorities warned.The authorities said Wednesday that 1,207 civilians had died in the first nine days of the siege
They say around 400,000 people are still trapped in the city.A convoy of aid headed for Mariupol was blocked at a Russian checkpoint on
Saturday, with hopes that it would arrive Sunday.Turkey has asked Russia to help evacuate its citizens stranded in Mariupol, Ankara's
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday.