An advisor to the mayor of the besieged and now captured port city of Mariupol has said that officials believe at least 22,000 residents were killed during three months of war.

Petro Andriushchenko, who has fled to Ukrainian-held territory told CNN, that the figure was based on the many contacts he and other town hall officials continue to have with officials trapped inside. But he said he believed the actual figure could be much higher.

Andriushchenko said that Russian officials insisted that reclaimed bodies be brought to a morgue and that a person claiming a body must agree to record a video in which the applicant says the deceased was killed by the Ukrainian military.

Based on the information gathered from his network of sources, Andriushchenko said that Mariupol has been thrown back to the Middle Ages.

Source: Al Jazeera 

BDST: 1313 HRS, May 25, 2022
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