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Mariupol’s war-torn streets now resemble Stalingrad, a British man trapped in the city as he fights alongside Ukrainians has told The Telegraph.

Aiden Aslin, who has joined a Ukrainian marine unit, said that Russian troops were targeting ambulances and hospitals, and that conditions were getting ever more desperate.

The 28-year-old said food and water were running out and the situation for 300,000 civilians still unable to escape “will only get worse”.

Communications with Mariupol have been cut off after Russian forces encircled the city and destroyed infrastructure preventing messages from being relayed to the outside world.

However, Mr Aslin, who uses his call name Johnny, was able to send out a message on WhatsApp to contacts at The Telegraph at a moment when he had a rare signal.

In it, he said: “Situation is really bad in Mariupol, mass war crimes are being committed by Russian forces, they are targeting anyone they see, regardless if they are civilians.”

Read more here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/22/mariupol-ukraine-british-man-trapped-city-fighting-civilian/

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