People leaving Mariupol to be taken to temporary residences in Nizhny Novgorod
(Picture: AP)The civilian death toll in the battered Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has passed 5,000 and includes 210 children, its mayor said on Thursday as new claims emerged of other war crimes by Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Vadym Boichenko said the toll also included fatalities from the bombing of hospitals, including one where 50 people burned to death, and that more 90 per cent of his city’s infrastructure had been destroyed by Russian bombardments.
