9 minutes agoBig deals in Maripuol, fear of mass casualties
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Marioupolis Deputy Mayor Sergiy Orlov says that a river-side neighbourhood, home to 130 thousand people, including his father, is almost completely destroyed. He has said he doesn't know exactly the number of victims, but he believes there are hundreds and he's not going to be able to pull the troops. [...]
Marioupolis Deputy Mayor Sergiy Orlov says that a river-side neighbourhood, home to 130 thousand people, including his father, is almost completely destroyed.
He has said he doesn't know exactly the number of victims, but he believes there are hundreds and he's not going to be able to pull the troops.
We cannot calculate the number of victims there, but we believe at least hundreds of people have died. We can't go in to withdraw the body”, he told the BBC by phone.
On the other hand, he has said that Russia is with all the altir there and that they are trying to make complete destruction of the city.
Russian military is working with all its weapons here, artillery, numerous missile launch systems, planes, tactical missiles. They're trying to destroy the city of” Orlov says.
He has also said that Russian forces are not mocking their army but are fighting as pirates.
The Ukrainian army is very brave and they will continue to protect the city, but the Russian Army style is like pirates. They don't fight their army, they just destroy whole regions,” says Orlov. / PERISCOP
