Satellite photos of what appeared to be rows upon rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol as other eastern cities came under Russian fire overnight.
Satellite imagery released by Maxar Technologies shows an area in a Ukrainian town located just over 12 miles west of Mariupol on March 19, 2022. Credit: Maxar Technologies via StoryfulSatellite photos of what appeared to be rows upon rows of freshly dug mass graves on the outskirts of Mariupol brought the horrors of the war increasingly into focus, asin the city’s steel mill and other targets in a drive to seize the country’s industrial east.
The region, home to coal mines, metal plants and heavy-equipment factories, is bracing for what could be a decisive campaign as Russian President Vladimir Putinwidely seen as a blunder and a humanitarian disaster. "The Russians refuse to open a corridor for civilians, cynically pretending that they do not understand the difference between a corridor for the military to surrender and a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the civilians," Vereshchuk said.
Intensive shelling was also heard overnight in Kharkiv, a northeastern city that lies outside of the Donbas but is seen one of the gateways the Russians intend to use to encircle Ukrainian forces in the Donbas from the north, the south and the east. "Russian forces continued offensive operations in eastern Ukraine but made only marginal gains," according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
In the images, long rows of dirt mounds stretch away from an existing cemetery in Manhush, outside Mariupol. Local officials accused Russia of using the graves to try to conceal the slaughter taking place in the city.
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