“We’re waiting here for ‘surprises’ from Russia… three-ton [ones] from the sky.… They said they will flatten the earth...' said a man identified by Ukrainian intelligence as a Russian soldier
A hospital in Mariupol treating wounded Ukrainian soldiers and sheltering families with children was reportedly struck by a “powerful bomb” Tuesday as Russia officially declared the start of its “next phase” of war against Ukraine.
Mariupol Now, a Telegram channel used by local residents to coordinate evacuation efforts and help locate the missing in the besieged city, cited witnesses who confirmed the explosion and said it was heard 100 kilometers out from the city. “We’re waiting here for ‘surprises’ from Russia… three-ton [ones] from the sky.… They said they will flatten the earth... The lieutenant colonel came and said: ‘You will feel it yourselves, and hear it. Imagine the shockwave,” the man, identified by Ukrainian intelligence as a Russian soldier, said inAsked what this would mean for civilians still trapped in the city, he said, “Everyone left. Everyone who wanted to has left. Only patriots and the very smart have remained.
While the fiercest fighting was reported in Mariupol, attacks intensified throughout the entire east of the country Tuesday with thousands of civilians trapped. The Ukrainian presidential administration offered a stark warning that “safe places” no longer exist. “There is no time left to think [about evacuating]. Decisions must be made quickly,” Serhiy Haidai, the head of the Luhansk regional administration, warned on Telegram, lamenting that thousands of civilians in one town had not yet evacuated, making them “hostages to the Russians.”
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