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https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/conquering-ukraines-mariupol-will-take-time-separatist-official
Conquering Ukraine's Mariupol will 'take time': Separatist official
A pro-Russian separatist official in eastern Ukraine said on Thursday (April 7) it was impossible to say how long it could take Moscow's forces to fully seize the besieged city of Mariupol.
Mariupol, located in the country's southeast between Russia-occupied Crimea and pro-Russian separatist regions in Ukraine's east, has been the scene of some of the fiercest fighting.
Most recently, fighting has centred around the city's Azovstal iron and steel works and port, said Eduard Basurin, a senior official in the self-proclaimed breakaway stronghold of Donetsk.
In televised remarks, he described Mariupol's industrial zone as a "city within a city".
"Several floors were built underground during the Soviet Union. It is impossible to bomb from above, you need to do a cleanup operation underground," Basurin told Russian state television.
"This will take time too. They have been preparing for this; they know this territory better than us," he added.
Basurin said that separatist forces should aim to blockade the Ukrainian army in the industrial area and "then wait for them to give themselves up". Basurin estimated that up to 3,500 Ukrainian troops were taking part in fighting at Azovstal and that armed civilians were fighting alongside the Ukrainian army in Mariupol.
"You have to take into account the fact that some residents of Mariupol have taken up arms. Therefore that number could be higher," he said.
Residents have spoken of utter devastation and dire conditions in Mariupol. The city's population has shrunk from 400,000 before the conflict to around 120,000 today.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/who-calls-for-access-to-ukraines-mariupol
WHO calls for access to Ukraine's Mariupol
LVIV (AFP) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Thursday (April 7) called for humanitarian access to Ukraine's besieged city of Mariupol, and said over 90 attacks on health services had been confirmed in the war.
Speaking at a press conference in Lviv, WHO regional director for Europe Hans Kluge lamented that while health assistance had reached many "affected areas", some were out of reach.
"It's true some remain very difficult. I think a priority definitely, I think we all agree, would be Mariupol," Kluge told reporters.
Located in a strategic southeastern spot between Russia-occupied Crimea and pro-Russian separatist regions in Ukraine's east, Mariupol has been the scene of some of the fiercest assaults by Moscow's forces.
Residents have spoken of utter devastation and dire conditions. The city's population has shrunk from 400,000 before the conflict to around 120,000 today.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday accused Russia of blocking humanitarian access to the city to hide evidence of "thousands" of people killed there.
Kluge at the same time noted that the WHO had "delivered over 185 tonnes of medical supplies to the hardest hit areas of the country, reaching half-a-million people".
The UN health agency also said it had confirmed 91 attacks on different health services, including supplies, ambulances and several hospitals.
"This is clearly a breach of international humanitarian law," Kluge said, stressing that it was not the WHO's mandate to attribute the attacks to actors and that they had only verified that the attacks had taken place.
The regional director also noted that "50 per cent of Ukraine's pharmacies are presumed closed and 1,000 health facilities are in proximity to conflict areas or changed areas of control".
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