Outbreak of infections in Mariupol: 100,000 citizens kept in ghetto

Mariupol City Council shared the update in its Telegram channel.

"An outbreak of infections in Mariupol. The Russian forces began to separate military settlements from the city's residents to somehow save their own lives," the statement said.

According to mayor Vadym Boychenko, the city is on the verge of cholera and dysentery outbreaks. The Russian military quarantined Mariupol and restricted access to the river and sea.

"There are thousands of natural burials in the city, there is no sewerage. Now the air temperature is rising and it is starting to rain. All the washed-up soil gets into rivers, wells and springs where people get water. It can lead to thousands of deaths in Mariupol. 100,000 people are simply kept in the ghetto. The vast majority of them are elderly people. They want to, but they can't leave," the mayor stressed.

The Russian military and collaborators are not taking effective measures, as hospitals have been destroyed and the surviving medical equipment has been taken to the temporarily occupied Donetsk.

"The only thing they are trying to do is to save their own lives, and they have nothing to do with the people of Mariupol," the mayor added.