Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba called it 'the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet.'
Relatives, friends and military colleagues join the funeral of Roman Ruschyshyn, on March 10, 2022 in Nestorov, Ukraine, dead in combat with the russian military in Luhansk. The UN"Besieged Mariupol is now the worst humanitarian catastrophe on the planet," Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs said.
Civilians who died from the shelling, killed service members, as well as those who died from natural causes have been buried at the site. The burial process is unceremonial as the danger in the region persists, the AP reported, citing that the cemetery itself was bombed on Tuesday. The total number of bodies in the trench remains unclear, but between Tuesday and Thursday there were at least 70 buried in the trench,ABC News also reported that Russian forces conducted at least eight major airstrikes between Wednesday and Thursday, evenUkraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba
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