Mariupol
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survival in hell
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Fear of the bombs: On the outskirts of Kiev, residents crowd together under a destroyed bridge.
(Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP)
The port city of Mariupol is experiencing Russian warfare in its worst tradition: civilians and the vital infrastructure are under constant fire, and two evacuation missions fail. People melt snow to get water.
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Florian Hassel, Warsaw
They were images of hope. 220 kilometers from the besieged port city of Mariupol, a convoy of city buses set out on Sunday in the city of Zaporizhia, which is controlled by Ukrainian troops, to deliver 90 tons of aid. On the way back, the buses were to rescue desperate residents of Mariupol and take them to Zaporizhia and Dnipro along a designated rescue corridor. A ceasefire was agreed between Kyiv and Moscow. It should be the beginning of an evacuation of up to 200,000 people.
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