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Russia-Ukraine war: 200 bodies found under the rubble in Mariupol

Authorities did not say when the bodies were discovered [Pavel Klimov/Reuters]

Workers digging through the rubble of an apartment building in Mariupol found 200 bodies in the basement, Ukrainian authorities have said, as more horrors come to light in the ruined city that has seen some of the worst suffering of the three-month-old war.

The bodies were decomposing and the stench hung over the neighbourhood, Petro Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor, said on Tuesday. He did not say when they were discovered.

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