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The Mariupol city council said today that the Russians were not allowing residents to bury their people and that they had exhumed some of the victims.
The BBC managed to speak with the mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, who confirmed the council statement. Boychenko is no longer in the city and did not say where he is now, for security reasons, except to say he was close.
But he said Ukrainian intelligence agencies and Mariupol residents had said the Russians had exhumed some of the dead.
“They are exposing their crimes after what happened in Bucha and Irpin. “They are removing the bodies of civilians killed by enemy weapons, enemy planes.” he said.
He added that the Russians have brought mobile crematoria to dispose of the corpses.
The Russians have been besieging and bombing Mariupol for six weeks and according to reports the city may fall soon.
Boychenko said that this remains in the hands of Ukraine, but called for more military support.
“Today the Ukrainian flag flies over Mariupol. “It’s difficult, but the boys are resisting.”he said.
“We only need weapons, we have enough soldiers. “But we must be given the opportunity and the weapons.”
He also called for more help for those trapped in the city. About 100,000 civilians are still inside Mariupol, he said.
“Many countries and organizations like France and Turkey and the Red Cross have tried to help. “But no mission has ever reached Mariupol directly.”
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