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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Middleton

Hundreds of children among 5,000 civilians killed in Mariupol, mayor claims

REUTERS

More than 5,000 civilians have been killed in the besieged city of Mariupol since the Russian invasion of Ukraine started, a top official has claimed.

Mariupol mayor Vadym Boichenko said that among the thousands of civilians killed during weeks of Russian airstrikes and street fighting, 210 were children.

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