Russia is reportedly preparing to hold a 'Victory Day' parade in the decimated port city where, despite relentless bombing, hundreds of civilians have made it out.
An aerial view shows shelling of the Azovstal steel plant complex, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Mariupol, Ukraine, in a screen grab taken from a handout video released May 5, 2022 by the Azov Regiment of Ukraine's defense forces.The gun battles have continued, and a commander of the Russian-backed separatist forces in the region claimed the Ukrainian troops in the plant had run out of ammunition.
He said his fighters would"try to take it all" by May 9. That's"Victory Day," when Russia celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany. Definitively conquering Mariupol ahead of that date would hand President Putin a badly needed war trophy.Survivors have described escaping from"a living hell" under the steelworks, and many carry deep psychological scars from the ordeal, International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman Chris Hanger told CBS News.
He said when ICRC teams met some of the civilians who had made it out,"they were obviously devastated that they had not seen the sky for over two months, and the moment they got out, they saw their city — their home — completely destroyed, so some people were asking for a priest. Some people were just crying, and some people were just silent."
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