Battle for Mariupol: Azov Attack Survivors Hope for a New Life | 2022 RT Documentary From February 2022, Mariupol residents had to hide in basements with no water, food or medicine, as Ukrainian forces failed to plan the mass evacuation of civilians. They are stationed in populated areas and use civilians as human shields. The tactic was not intended to win the battle but to extend the operation. The large civilian presence prevented Russian troops from making an active response. While retreatin

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The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol is suffering mass casualties and a water outage as it defends itself from a nonstop onslaught by Russian forces, according to its mayor Vadym Boichenko. In a live broadcast on Ukrainian TV, Boichenko said "The enemy occupying forces of the Russian Federation have done everything to block the exit of civilians from the city of half a million people." Mariupol’s mayor said Russian forces had been “flattening us non-stop for 12 hours now”, the Interfax news agenc