From the first days of the war, Mariupol quickly began to plunge into the Middle Ages. The city was rapidly running out of fuel and queues were formed in stores. People wanted to stockpile food and medicine. Every day the situation in the city worsened. The Russian military destroyed all critical infrastructure. Civilians began to die from shelling. On March 2, Mariupol was completely surrounded by the occupiers.
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