Key city of Mariupol under siege as Russia tightens grip on Ukraine's south
City authorities warned of a"critical" situation for residents amid heavy shelling. It's not clear how many of Mariupol's roughly 400,000 inhabitants have been able to evacuate the strategically important port city or how many have been killed or injured.The Russian assault on Mariupol comes as its forces also fight for control of the Black Sea city of Kherson.
"All civilians wishing to leave Mariupol, for security purposes, can go east along the Mariupol-Shirokino [Shyrokyne] road," he said.Russia routinely denies causing civilian casualties in Ukraine. However, CNN and other media and observers have extensively documented civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure.A woman reacts as paramedics perform CPR on a girl who was injured during shelling, at the city hospital of Mariupol on February 27, 2022. The girl did not survive.
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