Ukraine-Russia crisis: Humanitarian situation in some Ukrainian cities “Disastrous”: Russian Army

Russia also accused the Ukrainian military of taking nearly 7,000 people from 16 foreign countries as hostages

Moscow:

The Russian military on Saturday said the humanitarian situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating and becoming dire in several cities, the Russian military said on Saturday, speaking on what Moscow called “special military operations”.

“Unfortunately, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate rapidly and in some cities it has reached catastrophic levels,” said Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the Russian National Center for Defense Control. “.

He accused Ukrainian “nationalists” of planting landmines in residential areas and destroying vital infrastructure including roads and bridges, leaving civilians without access to electricity, water, food and medicine. yeast.

Mizintsev said that a particularly dire humanitarian situation was developing in the southeastern port city of Mariupol, accusing Ukraine’s “nationalists” of trapping hundreds of thousands of people in the besieged city.

“Hundreds of thousands of people, including foreigners, are being raped by nationalists,” he said.

He also accused the Ukrainian military of taking hostage nearly 7,000 people from 16 foreign countries and crews from more than 50 foreign ships.

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