Mariupol has been without mobile connection, heating, water, and electricity for two days already, local woman Maryna told LB.ua. She evacuated to Kyiv, but her close ones are still in Mariupol. As of now, they have not been in contact for three days.
“My grandmother has not been able to call our relatives for three days now because there is no connection there. There is no electricity either. Some people just go out into the yard, light up the fires, and cook. Some residential areas are under constant fire. There is still food, but there is a significant shortage. People are ready to bake bread, but there is almost nowhere to get flour. "
The city remains without heating, water, and electricity, there are around 300 people in the hospitals, but the hospitals are also being shelled. The mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boichenko, also told Liga.net media that the Livoberezhnyy residential district, where 150 000 people lived, is almost gone.
The Azov Regiment, marines, and police continue to defend the city.
“Defenders of Mariupol city are standing. There is heavy fighting - deputy commander of Azov regiment with the call sign Kalyna said on the Telegram channel. - The groups that are predominant in numbers are trying to break through the defenses and enter the city. It is critical to keep Mariupol because it is the last city that does not allow Russia to create a land corridor from Russia to Crimea. Everyone needs to understand this. We can not lose Mariupol, as it is the last fortress of Ukraine on the Azov Sea.”