LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials on Sunday accused Russia of bombing an art school in the besieged city of Mariupol where hundreds had taken shelter, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy charged that Moscow’s relentless assault on the city “will go down in history” as a war crime.
“The terror the occupiers did to the peaceful city will be remembered for centuries to come,” Zelenskyy said in his daily address, marking the 25th day since Russia invaded Ukraine. “And the more Ukrainians tell the world about it, the more support we find. The more Russia uses terror against Ukraine, the worse the consequences will be for it.”
At the same time, Mariupol officials accused Russian forces of kidnapping several thousand local residents and transporting them against their will to “remote cities in Russia.”
