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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says siege of Mariupol involved war crimes

A man walks near a block of flats, which was destroyed during the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged port city of Mariupol [File: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called the siege of Mariupol a “war crime”, as Russian forces pushed deeper into the strategic port city that has suffered continuous attacks since Moscow launched invasion late last month.

“To do this to a peaceful city, what the occupiers did, is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come,” Zelenskyy said in a video address to the nation on Sunday.

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