Mayor councilor complaint, hospital patients as human shields
(ANSA) – ROME, MARCH 16 – Mariupol, under siege by Russian forces for days, was also attacked from the Sea of Azov. This was reported by Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of the Ukrainian town, specifying that the attacks by warships are added to the air raids. “The first missiles – he explains – were launched from a ship near Bilosaraiska Kosa, towards the city”. Furthermore, the Mariupol regional hospital is always occupied by Russian forces “who force doctors to treat their wounded” and “also use patients as a shield against attempts by our soldiers to regain control of the hospital”. (HANDLE).