MARIUPOL, Ukraine (Associated Press) The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol.
Each airstrike and shell that relentlessly pounds Mariupol about one a minute at times drives home the curse of a geography that has put the city squarely in the path of Russia’s domination of Ukraine.
Each airstrike and shell that relentlessly pounds Mariupol about one a minute at times drives home the curse of a geography that has put the city squarely in the path of Russia s domination of Ukraine. This southern seaport of 430,000 has become a symbol of Russian President Vladimir Putin s drive to crush democratic Ukraine.