Marina Panova, 81, is one of the lucky civilians who managed to escape Mariupol, in Ukraine’s southeast, where conditions are dire as Russia’s assault continues.
The strategic port city of 430,000 on the Sea of Azov has been besieged by Russian troops for more than 10 days, facing heavy shelling that has killed more than 2,300 people and left residents struggling for food, water, heat and medicine. Bodies have been buried in mass graves.
