See in the video: Soldiers and residents of Mariupol are preparing for war.
Soldiers on the streets of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine on Thursday. The streets of the city are largely empty. From here it is only a few kilometers to the line of contact with the separatists in Donetsk. After Russian troops invaded in the early hours of the morning, the government in Kiev asked citizens to stay at home. Queues in front of ATMs – people in Mariupol are preparing for difficult times. But the situation in Ukraine is confusing. According to Ukrainian sources, at least seven people have been killed by Russian shelling so far. Others were injured. The Ukrainian border guard said that Russian military columns crossed the border in several places.