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Tens of thousands of people have died in Mariupol as a result of Moscow’s attack
Russian soldiers are shelling civilian areas in Mariupol, executing methods similar to those used in Chechnya and Syria, the British defense ministry said in its intelligence report.
“The targeting of populated areas within Mariupol aligns with Russia’s approach to Chechnya in 1999 and Syria in 2016. This is despite the 24 February 2022 claims of Russia’s Defense Ministry that Russia would neither strike cities nor threaten the Ukrainian population,” the MoD said in its report.
Ukrainian resistance in Mariupol “has severely tested Russian forces and diverted men and materiel, slowing Russia’s advance elsewhere,” the ministry said.
In 1999, Russia used artillery to nearly completely demolish Grozny, the Chechen capital, and in 2016, Russia bombarded civilian parts of Aleppo, Syria.
“Russia’s effort to capture Mariupol has come at a significant cost to its residents. Large areas of infrastructure have been destroyed whilst the population has suffered significant casualties,” the MoD said.
Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy said that tens of thousands of people have died as a result of Russia’s attack on the country’s southern port city.
“Mariupol has been destroyed, there are tens of thousands of dead, but even despite this, the Russians are not stopping their offensive,” Zelenskyy said.
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