Thousands of Mariupol residents queue for food from occupiers, many faint - adviser to the mayor

Valentyna Romanenko — Monday, 6 June 2022, 12:29

In temporarily occupied Mariupol, the queue for food from Russian invaders at the former Metro shopping centre amounts to 1,500 to 2,000 people daily.

Source: Petro Andriushchenko, Adviser to the Mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram and on air of the national newscast

Quote from Andriushchenko: "The daily queue for humanitarian aid (actually for food) in the former Metro shopping centre amounts to 1,500 to 2,000 people. Up to 400 kits are issued per day. People stand in a queue for six hours in the heat and sun in vain.  There is no drinking water, and it is not possible to get it anywhere on the territory of the "humanitarian headquarters".

Every hour for the last few days, up to 10 people are taken to hospital because of fainting. The stench from the morgue, located 200 metres away, intensifies daily.

And everything is for the sake of a kit like this. Because there is no other way to get food. Russia's humanitarian aid is bullying and humiliation. As everything they do in the city. "

Details: During the national 24/7 newscast on 6 June, Andriushchenko also stressed that the humanitarian situation in Mariupol continues to deteriorate: the city lacks food and water. At the same time, the occupiers stated that from July, the so-called "humanitarian aid" will be provided free of charge only to pensioners and people with disabilities.

The mayor's adviser also said that some Telegram channels were spreading fake information about the alleged organisation of an evacuation from Mariupol from the Port City district to Zaporizhzhia under the auspices of the UN and the Red Cross.

Fraudsters offer the services of their own carriers for money; these carriers will supposedly join the column. At the same time, they refer, among others, to Andriushchenko's Telegram channel.

Quote from Andriushchenko: "This information is a deliberate deception aimed at obtaining money for transport from the occupied territories without providing a service. In fact, it is a scam. The fraudsters’ phone number is +30683279596. No evacuation from Mariupol is currently planned."