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Russian crimes in Ukraine

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Starvation and denial of essential suppliesDocumented24 February 2022 · month known

Siege of Mariupol: blockade of food, water and medicine and blocking of humanitarian corridors

Mariupol · Donetsk oblast

Killed
25,000
Injured
0
Affected
0
Documented victims
25,000

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For nearly three months Russian forces besieged Mariupol, cutting off food, water, electricity, heating and medicine and repeatedly blocking humanitarian convoys and safe-passage corridors. OHCHR verified 1,348 civilian deaths directly in hostilities but stressed this is a fraction of the true toll; the Associated Press and others estimate on the order of 25,000 dead, with some estimates far higher.

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