Russian troops stepped up their bombardment of the besieged port city of Mariupol on Sunday, with Ukrainian officials saying a strike flattened an art school used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians.
A woman carries her baby after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, Saturday, March 19, 2022.
It has been cut off since the early days of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine launched on Feb. 24, with civilian life relegated to bomb shelters since then and aid groups saying it faces a humanitarian crisis. Russian forces have also cut off its access to the sea of Azov. The city council said Sunday that nearly 40,000 people have used their own vehicles to flee the city via a humanitarian corridor over the past week — nearly 10% of its 430,000 population.Details remain few in the immediate aftermath, but Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that the Russian military bombed an art school in Mariupol where about 400 people had taken refuge. The Associated Press could not independently verify the claim.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russia-Ukraine war: Art school bombed in Mariupol housing hundreds of refugeesUkrainian officials say a strike flattened an art school in Mariupol used as a shelter by hundreds of civilians.
Read more »
Zelensky says hundreds still trapped under Mariupol theater bombed by RussiaVolodymyr Zelensky said today that hundreds of people are still trapped underneath a theater in Mariupol that was used as a civilian shelter before it was bombed by Russia.
Read more »
Russia-Ukraine war: Intense combat continues to hit MariupolFighting is raging again on multiple fronts in Ukraine, with intense combat in the besieged port city of Mariupol — site of some of the war’s greatest suffering.
Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns war will cost Russia for generationsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the ongoing war will cost Russia for generations.
Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns war will cost Russia for generationsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the ongoing war will cost Russia for generations.
Read more »
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns war will cost Russia for generationsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin's war will cost Russia for generations.
Read more »