'Nothing left': Mariupol picks up pieces after ferocious fightingCharred residential buildings in Mariupol with the Azovstal steel plant in the backgroundMARIUPOL, Ukraine: The carcasses of charred buildings stand amid the lush greenery in what remains of the once bustling Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. As the last Ukrainian troops in the town surrendered to the Russians at the bombed-out Azovstal steel plant, passers-by mourned their fate. Angela Kopytsa, a 52-year-old with bleached hair, said she saw no future for herself in Mariupol. "There is no work, no food, no water," she said, adding that both her home and life had been "destroyed". Three months of fighting in Mariupol have sent hundreds of thousands of people running for their lives and caused untold suffering and death.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2022 08:17 UTC