People are dying not from shelling, but from the consequences of Russia’s occupation, the mayor’s adviser said.
Russian-occupied Mariupol continues to have a high non-violent death rate. Mariupol mayor’s adviser Petr Andryushchenko, wrote about it on May 15 on his Telegram channel.
“The citizens of Mariupol are reporting a mortality rate that is not typical for civilian life. Many middle-aged people are dying. The mortality rate is such that new graves are immediately appearing in the yards in exchange for excavated graves, ”he said.
People are dying not from shelling, but from the consequences of Russia’s occupation, the adviser said.
“Nervous breakdowns, lack of medical care, unsanitary conditions and destroyed immunity due to starvation – the four riders of the Apocalypse in Mariupol,” he wrote.
Mariupol residents ask children
Andryushchenko said that only the general evacuation and the receipt of humanitarian aid from Ukraine could save Russia’s Mariupol captives.
According to official figures, about 150,000 people remain in Mariupol, most of them unable to leave. Authorities are talking about 22 civilians dead.
Earlier, Turkey proposed to send a ship to evacuate the wounded Ukrainian military from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
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Source: korrespondent