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The mayor of Mariupol, Ukraine, claimed Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have actually been killed during the Russian siege and also succeeding occupation of the city. Mayor Vadym Boychenko warned that the last non-combatant death toll can exceed 20,000 in a telephone call with the Associated Press, and said that corpses were “carpeted through the streets.” Boychenko also asserted that Russian forces had brought mobile crematoriums to the city.
“Mobile crematoriums have arrived in the form of trucks: You open it, and there is a pipe inside and these bodies are burned,” Boychenko said.
At the same time, about 120,000 civilians remain in the city as well as require food and water, according to the mayor.
Boychenko’s claims in Mariupol were not verifiable right away. City authorities have actually formerly informed citizens to leave bodies in the roads because it was also tough to bury them, while two AP reporters recorded mass graves in the city last month.
The brand-new record comes as the Russian military showed up to regroup for a restored concentrate on fighting in Ukraine’s eastern. Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer told press reporters Russia was planning for an assault on the Donbas region, after consulting with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday.
“The attack being threatened cannot be underestimated in its violence,” Nehammer said, according to the New York Times.
Pentagon agent John Kirby informed reporters on Monday that the U.S. has “indications” that Russia is attempting to regroup its pressures in the Donbas.
“We have — we have seen some early indications, Bob, that — that they are, in fact — the Russians are, in fact, trying to resupply and reinforce their efforts in the Donbas. I think you guys have all seen imagery. I’ve seen it in some of your outlets of yet another convoy of vehicles that are heading south towards that town of Izyum. We believe that these are the early stages of a reinforcement effort by the Russians in the Donbas.
It’s not clear to us how many vehicles are in this convoy, what exactly they’re bringing. It does seem to be a mix of personnel-carrying vehicles, as well as armored vehicles. There may be some artillery, maybe some enabling capabilities. Not exactly clear, but this does seem to be an early effort by them to reinforce their efforts in the Donbas.” Kirby said at a press conference.
H/T National Review
