Mariupol [...]
As far as I know, journalists have not had access to Mariupol since the beginning of March, and all we have is satellite imagery and drone footage. I understand that there is quite a lot of misinformation from both the Ukrainian and Russian sides, but I know for sure that the information about civilian casualties is VERY an understatement. In addition, my sister's relatives, thank God, finally managed to leave Mariupol and migrate to Poland
(only girls and their children), and I can say from the first mouth that the indigenous people of Mariupol will never forgive what Russia did to this beautiful port city.
In addition, my cousine has 9 children in the family (the one who currently emigrated to Poland with a small child), and she is the eldest daughter. Three of her sisters are now in Kyiv and three more live in Mariupol. So I don’t need to tell about good intentions after one of my sister’s sisters with her children sat in the basement for a week and gave the children water from a puddle. I can’t believe that I am writing this, as it would seem that now is the 21st century ... but I still get goosebumps when you realize that at such moments, neither a good car, nor having an apartment or money plays any role. Now that humanitarian corridors have been launched, the situation is still difficult, since this girl and her two young children were forcibly taken to Russia, and I understand why she agreed. Since there is nothing even to discuss when there is a choice between the life of children and their own freedom.
70% of the hostilities were conducted on the territory of Ukraine, and at least 40% of all human casualties in this war were Ukrainians, so if it were not for Soviet Ukraine, then Moscow would now speak German.