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‘It was worse than hell’: life in Mariupol under Russian occupation
The Guardian ^ | 16-JUN-2022 | Pjotr Sauer and Andrew Roth

Posted on 06/16/2022 5:52:20 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas

A month after the end of the siege at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks, which marked the Russian capture of the coastal city, life continues without access to basic amenities. Those who were left behind are largely cut off from the outside world with limited mobile phone and internet connection.

“It was worse than hell there. There are no words to describe it,” said 55-year-old Vladimir Korchma, who had lived all of his life in Mariupol where he worked as a machinist at a local factory.

“We had no gas or electricity. Only the lucky ones had water,” said Korchma, who left the city at the end of May.

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THE "RUZZIAN WORLD"
1 posted on 06/16/2022 5:52:20 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Those who were left behind are largely cut off from the outside world with limited mobile phone and internet connection.

Oh, the humanity!

2 posted on 06/16/2022 5:53:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Those who were left behind are largely cut off from the outside world with limited mobile phone and internet connection.

Hell actually has very good internet, but the only sites available are Facebook and TikTok.


3 posted on 06/16/2022 6:02:52 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The CDC. Brought to you by Pfizer)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Damn...life without cat videos...


4 posted on 06/16/2022 6:03:29 AM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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And it took over 45 minutes to get a delivery from Uber Eats!


5 posted on 06/16/2022 6:04:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

“It was worse than hell there. There are no words to describe it,” said 55-year-old Vladimir Korchma”

Good to see that freedom of speech has been restored in Mariupol, now that the Russians are running the city.


6 posted on 06/16/2022 6:13:31 AM PDT by BobL (My hatred of Necons/Globalists exceeds my love of Ukraine or any other country, other than the US)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I guess the Ukes shouldn’t have went out of their way to pick a fight with RuZZia! LMFAO. If only they had the fat Uke Col. Vindman as their defense minister.


7 posted on 06/16/2022 6:21:13 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Will this mean less crybaby Uke propaganda on FR?


8 posted on 06/16/2022 6:21:15 AM PDT by thescourged1
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To: dfwgator

The title is misleading. The Azov/UFA occupation and the fighting were “hell” for those who didn’t or weren’t able to leave for the east or the west early. The Russians are rebuilding infrastructure, and the vast majority of those who couldn’t get out before the fighting started are glad the Azovs are gone. If The Guardian says otherwise it is simply lying or hugely misinformed.

I didn’t know Uder eats was so slow. What about Door Dash? ;-)


9 posted on 06/16/2022 6:22:16 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: SpeedyInTexas

I guess the ill contented could always flee to The Ukraine, that bastion of FReedom.


10 posted on 06/16/2022 6:24:54 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!!)
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To: SpeedyInTexas

When was the author in hell to make the comparison?


11 posted on 06/16/2022 6:29:35 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s what happens when cities are turned into battlefields. Because of Zelensky’s orders of no retreat no surrender, thus making cities battlefields, they were shelled heavily. In WW2 the mayors of Paris and Rome declared the cities open and free of defensive forces to spare themselves the destruction. Urban warfare is the most destructive with the highest civilian death rate historically. You get the battle your willing to fight.


12 posted on 06/16/2022 6:34:12 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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“Worse than Hell”...

Uhh...no.


13 posted on 06/16/2022 6:35:57 AM PDT by ecomcon
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14 posted on 06/16/2022 6:37:49 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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LOL


15 posted on 06/16/2022 6:38:12 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: BobL
Good to see that freedom of speech has been restored in Mariupol, now that Russians are running the city. Literally the next sentence, which was posted above: "...who left the city in May."

I'm not sure if you're just dumb or lying, since Russia has laws on the book suppressing free speech. There are people currently facing 15 years in jail for criticizing the war, or even calling it a war.

16 posted on 06/16/2022 6:38:27 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: BobL

He’s no longer there. His freedom of speech occurred elsewhere


17 posted on 06/16/2022 6:38:32 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Worse than Hell? How about those endless lock-downs in China, where people are reduced to screaming out their windows at night when they cannot be seen?


18 posted on 06/16/2022 6:41:54 AM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: WMarshal; All
I guess the Ukes shouldn’t have went out of their way to pick a fight with RuZZia! LMAO

Hey, nice to see FR now has full fledged Nazis posting on the forum. Here's one laughing about a city that has lost at least 22,000 people, has been completely decimated, no running water, bodies rotting in the street, and survivors describing the city and the government as "5 times worse than the Soviet Union."

The little rodent even took the time to claim that Ukraine "started the war" somehow. By existing??

19 posted on 06/16/2022 6:45:57 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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‘It was worse than hell’: life in Mariupol under Russian Ukrainian occupation
20 posted on 06/16/2022 7:00:47 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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