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Il-Gwerra tal-Ukrajna: Kriżi umana akuta f’Mariupol

ODESSA, UKRAINE - MARCH 04: Citizens bring donations, as Ukrainian volunteers turn the Odessa Food Market into a humanitarian hub, to collect and distribute aid for needy citizens and civil defense units in expectation of a Russian military assault in Odessa, Ukraine, on March 4, 2022. Russian forces invading Ukraine from three sides have frequently met fierce resistance from Ukrainian citizens such as these, who say they have felt a newfound unity as the community comes together in a bid to deprive Russia of the prized Black Sea port of Odessa. (Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

Il-kriżi umanitarja f’Mariupol qed issir aktar akuta wara li fallew żewġ ftehim għall-waqfien mill-ġlied bil-għan li n-nies joħorġu mill-inħawi.

Dan meta r-Russi persistew bil-bumbardamenti fuq Mariupol u l-madwar minkejja tamiet li r-residenti setgħu jistrieħu xi ftit mill-assedju.

Intant, ir-residenti f’din il-belt resqin lejn sitwazzjoni jerġa’ aktar katastrofika, b’Mariupol għadha nieqsa mill-ikel u l-affarijiet essenzjali bħad-dawl u l-ilma.

L-offensiva mill-qawwiet tal-President Russu, Vladimir Putin, qed tkompli wkoll fuq iz-zoni residenzjali ta’ bliet oħrajn – bl-awtoritajiet fi Kiev qegħdin iwissu dwar ‘assalt totali mir-Russi fuq il-belt’.

Dan waqt li konvoj kbir ta’ tankijiet u vetturi armati tar-Russi qed jidher li miexi mill-ġdid, u bil-mod, fid-direzzjoni ta’ Kiev wara li kien ilu wieqaf għal jiem, fost problemi ta’ loġistika.