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Reuters
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Mariupol widow says husband would be alive if he had made it to aid line

If Mariupol resident Alexandra's husband could have stayed alive long enough to receive the humanitarian aid that finally came to their part of the besieged city on Thursday, he would have lived, she said.

Instead, suffering from diabetes, he slipped into a coma and died. He is buried in a flowerbed.

The softly spoken, middle-aged Alexandra - she did not give her last name - was among crowds of people quietly lining up in Mariupol to receive boxes of aid.

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