Almost 100,000 residents of Mariupol who remained in the occupied city are in mortal danger due to the spread of infectious diseases, in particular cholera, said Lyudmila Denisova, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada.

“There is not enough drinking water in the temporarily occupied city. In addition, due to significant damage to filtration systems and pumps, drinking water is mixed with sewage and becomes unusable,” she stressed..

Lack of water, unsanitary conditions, rising air temperature, and at the same time, the lack of medicines threaten the spread of dangerous infections - cholera, dysentery, escherichiosis, which cause severe forms of disease and lead to death..

Attempts by the occupiers to launch a water supply system in the city are also dangerous, because the sewerage system has been destroyed in the city, and water flows along the street, including washing away burials in the courtyards of the city..

Also in Mariupol, in addition to the lack of food, there is a serious shortage of drinking water.

The World Health Organization has already begun preparations for the likely spread of cholera and other infectious diseases in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.