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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bel Trew

‘A living hell’: Inside the besieged city of Mariupol, where residents struggle to survive Russia’s onslaught

AP

Russian shelling is so intense that, for the last two days, Yuri* and 200 other terrified Ukrainian civilians have been trapped in the bunker of the church where they now live in their besieged hometown of Mariupol.

They are running out of food, and since electricity and water supplies have been cut, they are forced to sneak out under heavy fire to draw water from a nearby well.

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