A spokesperson for the city council stated that the building of Mariupol school had been destroyed and that there were victims buried beneath the rubbish. There was no immediate word on casualties from the Saturday attack.
The Russian military bombed an art school in which approximately 400 people had taken refuge from the violence. On Wednesday, Russian forces bombed a theatre in Mariupol, where civilians had taken refuge from the bombardment.
According to the authorities, 130 people were rescued, but it is possible that many more are still trapped beneath the collapsed buildings. Russia has surrounded and cut off Mariupol, a strategic port on the Azov Sea, cutting off its energy, food, and water supplies, and subjecting it to a barrage of artillery and mortar fire.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said seven humanitarian corridors would open on Sunday to enable civilians to leave frontline areas.
Turkey’s foreign minister said Russia and Ukraine were nearing agreement on “critical” issues and he was hopeful for a ceasefire if the two sides did not backtrack from the progress achieved so far.
A top Ukrainian aide said Russia has turned to “more destructive artillery,” hours after Russia said it used hypersonic “Kinzhal” missiles for a second time to hit Ukrainian targets.
Ukraine expects to get its next batch of U.S. weaponry, including Javelins and Stingers, in the coming days. Evacuations continue even as heavy fighting continues, particularly in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, and Russian forces blocked several trucks carrying humanitarian aid.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday renewed his offer to negotiate with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Published By – Damandeep Singh
Edited By-Kritika Kashyap
