minutes between the bombs. some of their pro—russian neighbours, she says, believed it was ukrainian forces pounding their city to dust. mariupol�*s mayor says 5000 people have been killed and 90% of the buildings damaged. more than one third of the residents are still living there. humanitarian corridors get people out of mariupol, but the destruction and the killing there is notjust left behind. the damage is carried with its people out of the city. like invisible shrapnel lodged in their minds. aleksander is leaving hospital today. his father, a musician, is giving staff a farewell concert, giving thanks for the two things he saved from the horrors of mariupol, his saxophone and his son.