Chilling photos from u nder siege Mariupol show corpses being discarded in mass grave sites as the death toll in the city grows.
This week it was revealed more than 1,200 people have died in the port city, formerly the home of nearly half a million people, since the start of the Russian invasion.
Described by rescuers as a humanitarian crisis, authorities have ordered workers to dig 25 metre long trenches as morgues are at breaking point.