War in Ukraine: Volunteer drivers try to rescue civilians from Mariupol

With the Mariupol to be under Russian occupationseveral civilians are trying to leave Ukrainian city ​​leveled by Russian forces, although there are no humanitarian corridors and means of transport are limited and the danger is great.

However, Ukrainians volunteers they even decided to risk their lives to be able to help them escape the nightmare.

THE Oleksandr Petrenko after rescuing his family he returned to Mariupol to try to transport women and children trapped in the city.

“I decided to do it because there are women and children there. I also have a mother, I have a partner. These people should not stay there, everything is ruined. Lives have been shattered. “If we do not help, people can die.” stated characteristically, according to ABC.

Most civilian evacuation operations are successful, but there are also cases of volunteer drivers falling into the hands of the Russians. Vitali is one of them. Alevtina’s girlfriend is anxious for his life.

“After leaving Mariupol, Vitali could stay in a safe place with his family. However, he felt he had to help. He knew that there were many women and children left in Mariupol. People without water and food, who suffered from the bombings. So he decided to help them. “ supports Alevtina Sestsova.

Cholera and other diseases threaten Mariupol, says the mayor

Thousands of people are in danger of dying from cholera and other diseases in Mariupol, as the corpses from the battles have not been collected and with the arrival of summer the temperature rises, warned the mayor of the city.

THE Vadim Boichenko said the wells have been contaminated by the bodies of those killed in the Russian bombing and siege. The collection of the dead by the Russian conquerors of the city is proceeding at a slow pace.

“Dysentery and cholera have broken out. “Unfortunately, this is the assessment of our doctors: that the war that claimed the lives of 20,000 people, unfortunately, with these epidemics, will kill many thousands more Mariupolites.”said the mayor speaking on Ukrainian public television.

Boichenko, who is no longer in Mariupol, said the city had been quarantined.

According to Ukrainian authorities, about 100,000 people are left in Mariupol, which before the war had a population of about 430,000 but has now been turned into a desert.

The mayor, who said last month that Russian bombing had turned Mariupol into a “Medieval ghetto”, said that the residents were forced to drink water from the wells because the city no longer has running water and the sewerage network is not working. He called on the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to help open a humanitarian corridor for those who wish to leave the city. According to Ukrainian officials, there is no electricity or gas in Mariupol.

The World Health Organization warned last month that there was a possibility of cholera in Mariupol. The British Ministry of Defense also assessed that there is such a risk because the medical services are collapsing.

Russia has not yet commented on Boichenko’s statements or London’s assessments.

Source: News Beast

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