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Mariupol: the city is on the verge of health and sanitation "catastrophe"

22 May 2022, 11:33

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Ukrainian mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko said on Saturday that mass burials in shallow pits across the city and the breakdown of sewage systems could prompt a health crisis.

He added that summer rains threaten to contaminate water sources as he pressed Russian forces to allow residents to safely leave the city.

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In addition to the humanitarian catastrophe created by the (Russian) occupiers and collaborators, the city is on the verge of an outbreak of infectious diseases, he said on the messaging app Telegram.

Azovstal

The last group of Ukrainian soldiers holed up in the smashed Azovstal steelworks have surrendered, after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the defenders had been told by commanders that they should leave.

Ukraine hopes to exchange the surrendering Azovstal soldiers for Russian prisoners.

Russian troops had completely ruined the city.