Around 300 people have been killed in Mariupol as a result of a Russian airstrike on a theatre.
The attack was widely-condemned, as hundreds of people were sheltering in the theatre at the time of the strike - with the word 'children' visible from the sky on either side of the building.
On top of that, the Mariupol City Council has now published a desperate letter asking for help, stressing there were "more and more deaths from starvation" - including children.
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There is no food, water supply, electricity or heating in the city since at least three weeks. More than 100,000 people remain there under constant Russian shelling
A spokesman for the city council branded Russia a “terrorist” state and accused it of targeting “innocent people”.
“The Drama Theatre was cynically destroyed by the messengers of the ‘Russian world’,” the statement reads.
“These fascists of the 21st century were not stopped either by the huge inscription CHILDREN, or by the statements of the people themselves that there were only peaceful people there – women, children, old people. The occupier knew where he was hitting.
“We can restore buildings, but we will never get friends, neighbours, relatives and loved ones back. Blessed memory of all the innocent victims of the insane war waged against Ukraine by the aggressor country, the terrorist country Russia,” the spokesman added.
Petr Andryuschenko, advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, released the death toll in an interview with the BBC.
Mr Andryuschenko told Newshour that 600 people were inside the building before the attack, with about 300 of these in a basement shelter.
The Kremlin has repeatedly denied its forces struck the theatre.
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