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When the war started, we made an announcement in the city that all people, if they were injured during the bombing and shelling, could come to us. we thought it was possible we would be shelled, but we did not expect such a genocide and such an inhumane war. azovstal is surrounded by water on three sides, a river on one and a sea on two. so from a military point of view it is a very strong and well fortified point. let s cross over to zaporizhia to speak to sergei 0rlov. he is the deputy mayor of mariupol. i m pleased to say we can speak to him now. sergei 0rlov, thank you for
When the war started we made an announcement in the city that all people, if they were injured during the bombing and shelling, could come to us. we thought it was possible we would be shelled but we did not expect such a genocide and such an inhumane wall. expect such a genocide and such an inhumane war. azovstal is surrounded by water on three sides, a river on one and a sea on two. so from a military point of view it is a very strong and well fortified point. that was enver tskitishvili, director general of the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. the ukrainian military says it s continuing to prevent russian forces from advancing in parts of the donbas region. the eastern town of lysychansk is encircled on three sides by russian troops. most of the city s residents have
City. and we started to restore bomb shelters which remain from the soviel shelters which remain from the soviet union. there were five very powerful soviet union. there were five very powerful bomb shelters that, according to soviet standards of the timer according to soviet standards of the time, could according to soviet standards of the time, could withstand a direct nuciear time, could withstand a direct nuclear strike. when the war started. nuclear strike. when the war started, we made an announcement in the city started, we made an announcement in the city that started, we made an announcement in the city that all people, if they were injured during the bombing, could were injured during the bombing, could come to us. we thought it was possible could come to us. we thought it was possible we d be shelled, but we did not expect possible we d be shelled, but we did not expect such a genocide and such an inhumane war. azovstal is surrounded by water on three sides
When mariupol, especially the eastern part of the city, came under shelling by artillery, heavy artillery, we started to think about what we could do if the escalation came further into the city. and we started to restore bomb shelters, which remained from the soviet union. there were five very powerful bomb shelters that, according to soviet standards of the time, could withstand a direct nuclear strike. when the war started, we made an announcement in the city that all people, if they were injured during the bombing and shelling, could come to us. we thought it was possible we d be shelled, but we did not expect such a genocide and such an inhumane war. azovstal is surrounded by water on three sides, a river on one and the sea on two. from a military point of view, it is a very strong