The former head of the Donetsk regional administration, now a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Serhiy Taruta, spoke on the air of Radio NV about the defense of Mariupol and catastrophic civilian casualties.

According to official figures, the death toll in Mariupol exceeds 5,000 people, but Sergei Taruta believes that this is too conservative an estimate..

Mariupol is, unfortunately, Ukrainian Hiroshima, where a lot of people died. According to my calculations, between 30,000 and 40,000. I count according to my relatives: about 10% died in me. When this blockade and the destruction of Mariupol began, 250-300 thousand inhabitants remained there, ”says the people’s deputy.

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The infrastructure of the city is completely destroyed, more than 90% of residential buildings are broken, under the rubble that they cannot make out, the bodies of hundreds of the dead still remain. This greatly complicates the real calculations of the victims of Russian aggression..

My cousin also died under the rubble. The son called, said that the nine-story house had developed. Everyone who was there - under the rubble. Therefore, I have such calculations. Unfortunately, these are terrible figures, but we must understand that this is reality,"

The fighting in the city does not subside for an hour. The enemy hits from artillery and aircraft. With the help of drones, the occupiers determine the firing positions of Ukrainians and deliver targeted air strikes..

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\! These are super cyborgs! " There is an urgent need to provide air defenses and attack drones, and more Stingers, and everything that will help. We see that in Mariupol there is a big advantage of the Russians only thanks to aviation.

If we have enough Stingers, then we will also withstand the forces that they are now overturning from the Chernigov and Kyiv region. You have to understand that the main events will unfold in the Donbas in the near future.”.

Ukrainian military continue to hold Mariupol. The defense of the city has been going on since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

Recall, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the collection of Russian military forces in Mariupol, it is planned to storm the city.