The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls for an urgent solution to avoid the “worst case scenario” for civilians trapped in the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, according to a statement released on Sunday.
“The worst-case scenario awaits the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped by heavy fighting in Mariupol, unless the parties urgently reach a concrete humanitarian agreement,” the statement reads.
The ICRC has asked all parties fighting in Mariupol to agree to a ceasefire to ensure safe passage for civilians.
“All those taking part in the fight need to agree on the modalities and timing of a ceasefire, the precise locations of the safe passage route and then ensure that the agreement is respected,” the ICRC added.
Hundreds of thousands of Mariupol residents face “extreme or total shortages of basic necessities such as food, water and medicine” and many are sheltered in “unheated basements”, the ICRC said.
Bodies are also trapped under rubble or left where they fell in the city.
On Sunday, the Mariupol city administration said in a Telegram post that a large humanitarian aid convoy destined for the besieged city had not arrived and was still stranded in Berdyansk, some 80 kilometers to the west, leaving 400,000 people waiting for help.
Mariupol was subjected to “air bombing and shelling all day long,” Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on Sunday.
Source: CNN Brasil
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