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The port city of Mariupol continues to suffer Putin’s attack, while the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, leaving the city’s residents starving, desperate for basic necessities like food and water.
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Mariupol Deputy Mayor Sergei Orlov joined Fox & Friends First on Thursday to discuss what local life is like in his battle-torn city and how the Ukrainian resistance is holding up against Russian forces.
“I am absolutely sure that the Ukrainian army will defend our city to the last bullet,” Orlov told co-hosts Carley Shimkus and Todd Piro.
“So I don’t know how many days it’s possible to survive because the people are in a very bad and terrible condition and … I’m absolutely sure it’s war crimes and genocide,” he continued.
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Medical workers treat a man injured by gunfire at a hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Friday, March 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The US announced on Wednesday that Russia was guilty of war crimes in Ukraine as Putin continues to target civilians across the country and choke on humanitarian aid to cities like Mariupol.
Many residents of Mariupol reportedly went for weeks with little or no food, water and electricity as millions fled the active attack.
“Right now there is no life in Mariupol, so the city is 90% damaged and destroyed, and another estimate of 30-40% of our city could not be repaired,” Orlov said. “People suffer from lack of water, lack of medicines, lack of social assistance, but they only survive.”
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President Biden traveled to Brussels this week to meet with European allies at an emergency NATO summit to address Putin’s war on Ukraine.
He will also visit Poland, which currently hosts over 2 million Ukrainian refugees, and attend a G7 meeting and a European Union meeting.
“We, as a city council in Ukraine itself, are very grateful for all the support provided by the US and by our partners in the EU,” Orlov said. “We are happy to go ahead and see such strong support from our country, our city, and we are very grateful for that support.”