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10,000 Mariupol civilians killed in Russian siege, mayor says

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The mayor of Mariupol said more than 10,000 civilians have been killed since Russian forces first laid siege to the southern port city a month ago.
Mayor Vadym Boychenko gave the casualty estimate during a phone interview with the Associated Press on Monday and warned that the death toll could double.
The growing numbers of dead in the heavily besieged city have been difficult to independently verify, though the attacks by Russian forces have been well-documented, including the bombing of a Mariupol theater and a maternity hospital in mid-March.
Evacuees from besieged Mariupol describe horrors of Russian attacks
Boychenko also accused Russian forces of using mobile crematoriums to incinerate the bodies and of preventing humanitarian convoys from entering the city. Evacuation attempts by the International Committee of the Red Cross earlier this month ran into repeated challenges before the ICRC suspended the operation over what it said were inadequate security guarantees.


More bodies found in Borodyanka rubble​

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By Paulina Firozi and David L. Stern2:18 p.m.
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Drone footage shows search for victims in Ukrainian town outside Kyiv








Crews and volunteers on April 10 continued to search for victims in Borodyanka, Ukraine, “one of the most destroyed towns,” according to officials. (Video: SES Ukraine via Storyful, Photo: SES Ukraine via Storyful)
Seven more bodies have been pulled from destruction left behind in Borodyanka, an area northwest of Kyiv that had been pounded by airstrikes.
The dead were found as rescue workers sifted through the rubble of two apartment buildings, Ukraine’s emergency services agency said in a Monday Telegram post.
Nineteen victims have been removed from the rubble, according to the update, and rescue efforts continue.
Last week, Washington Post reporters witnessed the grim scenes of devastation in Borodyanka as residents surveyed the damage after Russian forces withdrew from the area in early April. No building there had been untouched: Residential buildings were stripped bare, windows were blown out and debris lined the neighborhoods. Those who returned to see the damage expressed fear about the fate of the missing.

 
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