A convoy of 160 cars was allowed to escape Mariupol on Monday, the first time a humanitarian corridor was successfully used to let civilians flee the city which has been encircled and besieged by Russian forces, and become a grim symbol of Ukraine’s suffering during the 19-day war.
The convoy was allowed to leave amid reports of horrifying conditions in the Black Sea port city, where desperate residents are running out of food and medicines, and forced to drink water from radiators.
