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Mariupol mayor fears humanitarian catastrophe, says city must be completely evacuated

/ 04:31 PM March 28, 2022

Mariupol mayor fears humanitarian catastrophe, says city must be completely evacuated

A shell crater is seen in the street during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port of Mariupol, Ukraine March 27, 2022. REUTERS

LVIV, Ukraine — The southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe and must be completely evacuated, its mayor said on Monday.

Mayor Vadym Boichenko said about 160,000 civilians were trapped in the city without power. Twenty-six buses were waiting to evacuate civilians but Russian forces had not agreed to give them safe passage, he said.

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“The Russian Federation is playing with us,” he said. Russia denies targeting civilians and blames Ukraine for the repeated failure to agree on safe corridors for trapped civilians.

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