Ukraine: 21,000 civilians estimated killed in Mariupol, says mayor
Guardian, 13 Apr 2022
The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol said about 21,000 civilian residents of the port city were estimated to have been killed since the start of Russia's invasion. In televised comments, Vadym Boichenko said it had been difficult to calculate the exact number of casualties since street fighting had started. 'We know and there is evidence that bodies disappear from the streets,' he said. 'We know that there are so-called concentration places where they hide bodies and they then plan to destroy the evidence of tortures they committed in the city of Mariupol. We call it genocide, we call it war crime'
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