More than half the city’s population is unaccounted for.
In a video call Zelensky told the city’s remaining defenders they needed to leave. And said Ukraine’s military lacked “a sufficient number of tanks, other armored vehicles, and … aircraft” to “break the blockade in Mariupol.”
The invasion forces expected to capture Mariupol quickly. They underestimated the resistance of Ukraine. For over a month Russia indiscriminately bombarded the people.
It is now confirmed that this the first city to fall in the deadly war being waged in Ukraine.
