The war in Ukraine. Digest 19

Humanitarian catastrophe in Mariupol, Donetsk oblast. The city - one of the closest to the so-called DNR, occupied by Russia - has been mercilessly shelled by the Russian troops for several days. And they have broken the agreement on the "green corridor" for the civilian population every time. On March 8, a 6-year-old girl died of dehydration under the rubble of a house.

On March 9, a maternity hospital was bombed, three people were killed, including a child. Municipal services employees have to bury Ukrainians who have died from shelling in mass graves.Because of constant Russians attacks they don’t have a choice.

The occupiers also do not allow humanitarian aid to Mariupol. People stand in lines for drinking water!

People have to drink directly from puddles. Locals call such actions of the Russian Federation "genocide of the civilian population".
Russian occupiers shoot artillery on Ukrainian elderly people. Surveillance footage shows a Russian BMP firing on a civilian vehicle that stopped at the stop sign. It happened in the village of Makariv, Kyiv oblast. A man and a woman in their 70s were in the car shot by the occupiers.
The high-pressure gas pipeline was disabled by Russian troops near Svitlodarsk. It is a small town in Donetsk oblast, with a population of 13,000 people. The gas pipeline on fire can be seen from afar! Without gas there will be no heating and people will not be able to cook. Despite constant shelling, repair crews continue to work in the region. Currently, due to enemy attacks, the village of Myronivka near Svitlodarsk is without electricity and water supply. There is no possibility to start repairs.
He was shooting at civilian targets like at military ones. Alexander Krasnoyartsev, a Russian pilot captured by Ukrainians - a major and a first-class pilot - confessed! He said that he had made three operational flights on the territory of Ukraine and was shot down during the third one:
00.15 - we were told that we would be working on military objects, but we received the coordinates of civilian facilities, including residential areas of the city of Chernihiv. We use unguided bombs that cause a large number of civilian casualties. I saw the results of our air strikes with my own eyes - destroyed houses and killed civilians.
The Russian captive pilot also addressed his colleagues in the occupied Crimea:
- Do not take part in the war against Ukraine. We are not fighting against some sort of Nazis, but against the entire people of Ukraine. Do not disgrace your name, do not kill women and children.