Mariupol mayor says Ukrainian city 'in the hands of the occupiers'

(CNN) Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine has come largely under the control of Russian forces, its mayor said on Monday, after weeks of bombardment left the besieged city in pieces, killed an unknown number of civilians and forced hundreds of thousands of residents from their homes.

"Not everything is in our power," said Mayor Vadym Boichenko, in a live television interview. "Unfortunately, we are in the hands of the occupiers today."

Boichenko called for a complete evacuation of the remaining population of Mariupol, which was home to more than 400,000 people before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on February 24. "According to our estimates, about 160,000 people are in the besieged city of Mariupol today, where it is impossible to live because there is no water, no electricity, no heat, no connection," he said. "And it's really scary." It was unclear if there was still active fighting inside the city.

Ukrainian officials have alleged that Russian forces have prevented humanitarian convoys from safely approaching or exiting the city.
A pro-Russian separatist leader said on Sunday that about 1,700 Mariupol residents were being "evacuated" daily from the city and its surroundings. Ukrainian officials, however, say thousands were being forcibly "deported" to Russia.

"We need a complete evacuation from Mariupol," Boichenko said. "Our most important mission today is to save every life ... And there are hopes that we will succeed. For example, there are 26 buses that have to go to Mariupol to evacuate, but unfortunately, they haven't received permission to move," he said. "And this game is played every day. A cynical game like, 'Yes, we are ready. You can drive there,' but in fact it does not work," he said.

Statistics released by Ukrainian officials on Sunday paint a grim picture of what has come from weeks of shelling and urban combat in Mariupol. Some 90% of residential buildings in the city were damaged, the data shows. Of those, 60% were hit directly and 40% were destroyed. Seven of the city's hospitals -- 90% of the city's hospital capacity -- were damaged, of which three were destroyed. Also damaged were three maternity hospitals (one destroyed), seven institutes of higher education (three destroyed), and 57 schools and 70 kindergartens, with 23 and 28 destroyed, respectively. A number of factories were damaged and the city's port sustained damage.

According to those official statistics, up to 140,000 people left the city before it was surrounded, and around 150,000 managed to leave during the blockade. Ukrainian officials claim 30,000 people from Mariupol were deported to Russia.


https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/28/europe/mariupol-mayor-ukraine-occupiers-intl/index.html

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Patrioticman007:
Terrorism act committed by the crusaders aka christains is called attack, hmm what an hypocrisy.

baralatie:

This was a British citizen attack!
The man is a conservative

The attacker has been confirmed to be a muslim from somalia

Natural selection at work

Firstly, that's the washington times not the washington post. Secondly, the washington times is not the US government so your headline should be, the washington times says not the US says.

Modified: The article is an opinion piece written by the World igbo congress, it's not even an opinion of the washington times themselves. It was just posted there but it was written by Professor Anthony Ejiofor who is the Executive Chairman of WIC.

TripleOh7:
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You are a f.ool

In case you aren't aware he invested his state money in those companies that he didn't declare that he had majority shares in them.

In case your common sense has packed up, that's corruption. Ode.

Gerrout of my face.

You are the one that just exposed yourself as a big fool. How can someone invest state money in assets he was supposed to declare before becoming governor? Was he stealing state money before becoming governor? If he invested state money in those companies then why hasn't any charge been brought against him both at federal and state level? Or Obi must be so powerful that he can just cart away state money and no one will even open mouth to say he did it? Even the pandora leaks didn't say it was state money rather they said it was his own assets. You never had any common sense to begin with. With all the rubbish you are writing, it's clear that you are a very dumb and brainless person.

TripleOh7:


You see yourself? Contradicting yourself by yourself?

If you admit that he didn't declare his assets fully by the law, how then can you say he didn't steal his state's money?

How?!!

Pele o, Saint Obi. He should better go and collect Nollywood form.

You are just talking like a daft person. How does someone not fully declaring HIS OWN assets translate to him stealing state money? By the way, he fully declared his own assets, the assets he didn't declare where the ones that had combined ownership with others because he didn't know he had to declare those ones too and all these was before he even became governor oh, na wa . A man spent all these years in government and today he is in the opposition both in Anambra state and national politics yet up till now not a single accusation has been made against him of stealing one naira anywhere and you're here talking nonsense.

TripleOh7:


Lol.

I doubt that very much.

He couldn't even transform Anambra state, he wants to transform Nigeria.

Nigeria's money will just find its way to the Caymans.

Peter Obi transformed Anambra state. Till date, he is the best governor Anambra ever produced. I know the state of Anambra before peter Obi and the big difference after he left. As for your baseless allegations about Him stealing Nigeria's money, till date no one accused him of stealing one naira from the government or any other place for that matter. The only thing that comes near an offence in the pandora leaks is that he didn't fully declare HIS OWN assets before becoming governor. What else is the crime in the pandora leaks? That a business man opened some businesses in other countries where he is not required to pay much tax? Since when did that become a crime? Are you the ones that will tell a man where to invest his own hard earned money? And he made some of those investments for his children and so what? Is there any good father that doesn't make investments for his children? You people that are shouting pandora up and down are just being mischievous because you know very well that Obi is a saint compared to all those brazen thieves you people are supporting

Vaughanlanrewaj:
many will disagree with you sir.
In the political arena, especially in the wake of the Pandora scandal which exposed him to have deliberately hidden his assets in tax havens overseas and failed to disclose his assets running into millions of US dollars , he is seen more as a compulsive liar than a pathological liar .

That Pandora scandal linked to him makes some of us wonder if we truly know who the true Mr Peter Obi is.

https://www.medicinenet.com/pathological_liar_vs_a_compulsive_liar/article.htm

Thank God you called it his own assets.
No one has accused him of stealing one naira from the government or any other place for that matter. The only thing that comes near an offence in the leaks is that he didn't fully declare HIS OWN assets before becoming governor. What else is the crime in the pandora leaks? That a business man opened some businesses in other countries where he is not required to pay much tax? Since when did that become a crime? Are you the ones that will tell a man where to invest his own hard earned money? And he made some of those investments for his children and so what? Is there any good father that doesn't make investments for his children? You people that are shouting pandora up and down are just being mischievous because you know very well that Obi is a saint compared to all those brazen thieves you people are supporting.

TripleOh7:
Peter Obi.

He's a very good candidate and will be a very good president if elected.

haffaze777:


Moghalu?capital YES,Peter Peter Obi?capital No,I can't waste my vote on habitual liar and bigot man.

All of you saying pandora this, pandora that, what exactly is the offence peter Obi committed in the pandora leaks? Nobody has accused him of stealing one naira from the government or any other place for that matter. The only thing that comes near an offence in the leaks is that he didn't fully declare HIS OWN assets before becoming governor. What else is the crime in the pandora leaks? That a business man opened some businesses in other countries where he is not required to pay much tax? Since when did that become a crime? Are you the ones that will tell a man where to invest his own hard earned money? And he made some of those investments for his children and so what? Is there any good father that doesn't make investments for his children? You people that are shouting pandora up and down, please tell me what exactly was Peter Obi's crime in the pandora?

Necksonnel:
He will loose to AJ . This i can bet on. Wilder style of winning don cast. Fury don expose am. Avoid his right has knock down and box him out. A good boxer will easily defeat Wilder if they can avoid his strong right hand

You can't avoid the right hand for the full 12 rounds, it will surely çonnect on some occasions. The question is do you have what it takes to survive it when it hit you? Fury is the only person to beat Wilder because he was able to get up every time Wilder knocked him down with that right hand. Wilder knocked Fury down four good times in their three fights, do you think anthony Joshua can survive that? I don't think so. We already saw how Joshua fared against a hard puncher when he was knocked out by a fat and shapeless Andy Ruiz and he was only able to win the the rematch by running around the ring for 12 rounds and using his height and reach advantage to out point Ruiz. Joshua doesn't have a height advantage over Wilder so what exactly is he going to do to beat Wilder? Wilder will knock him out if he ever makes the mistake of accepting that fight.

Kim Jong un and his sister ehn, those guys are so mean. I wonder how the parents raised them, even the female child get heart of stone.

Good, let him take the time off to rest and recover properly. I still want to see AJ vs Wilder fight before they retire.

Anthony Joshua is a coward, he has done everything to avoid fighting Wilder or Fury yet he has been beaten twice by lesser fighters. All he does is look for easy fights or wait for fighters when they become old then he will beat them and use that to polish his CV. Usyk will beat him again. Coward Joshua

Omangjr:
Rubbish... That one no make you pass tems jare

She's better than Tems, wetin Tems dey sing sef?