Zelensky says 100,000 still trapped in Mariupol, facing ‘inhumane conditions’

Smoke rises around an industrial compound after multiple explosions in Mariupol, in this screengrab from a video released on March 22, 2022. © AZOV/Handout via REUTERS

In his latest video address Tuesday, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 7,000 people had escaped the besieged port city of Mariupol in the last 24 hours, but that nearly 100,000 remained trapped in “inhumane conditions” without food, water or medication as Russia’s bombardment continued. Read FRANCE 24’s coverage of the day’s events as they unfolded.

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