QUOTE, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS OUR
GOAL, MOVING TOWARDS VICTORY.
WILLIE.
MIKA, YOU JUST MENTIONED
MARIUPOL.
THEY HAVE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
THERE.
IT'S MARKED THE 8th CONSECUTIVE
DAYS AS TRAPPED CIVILIANS
STRUGGLE TO FIND FOOD AND WATER.
WE ARE JOINED BY THE DEPUTY
MAYOR THERE SERGEI ORLOV.
GIVE US YOUR ASSESSMENT IF YOU
WOULD OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR
CITY.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE
GROUND?
>> DURING THE OVERNIGHT WITH THE
CONTINUED BOMBS AND STRIKES FROM
RUSSIAN, FROM RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT
AND THOSE SHELL REMOTE AND IN
THE MORNING THE RUSSIAN ARMY
CONTINUES TO MOVE TWO MARIUPOL,
SO IN SOME TERRITORY WE EVEN
HAVE STREET BATTLES ON SOME PART
OF OUR CITY.
AND THIS IS A MILITARY
SITUATION.
BUT THE UKRAINIAN ARMY, NATIONAL
ARMY STILL CONTROLS ALL THE CITY
INTERNALLY.
BUT FROM THE HUMANITARIAN SITE,
THEIR WHOLE DAY YESTERDAY,
RUSSIA BOMBED OUR CITY AND A
LOST OF DESTROYMENT, A LOT OF
VICTIMS THROUGH CITIZENS IN OUR
CITY.
WE CANNOT CALCULATE HOW MANY.
>> WE KNOW YOU NEED, MR. DEPUTY
MAYOR, FOOD, WATER, MEDICINE FOR
THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INJURED
IN YOUR CITY.
IS ANY OF THAT MAKING IT INTO
MARIUPOL?
ARE THEY ABOUT IT GET THE
CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF WELL BEING
TO YOUR PEOPLE?
>> NO FIVE OR SEVEN DAYS BEFORE
OUR CITIES CLAIM TO SOMEHOW TO
STOP SHELLING ARTILLERY BOMBING,
BUT TODAY THEY ARE CLAIMING OF
SOME WATER AND SOME FOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT
ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE TO TRANSFER
SOME HUMANITARIAN GOODS BECAUSE
RUSSIA TOTALLY BLOCKED THE CITY
AND THAT'S NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE
THE CITY FOR ANY HUMANITARIAN OR
MEDICAL SITUATION. YESTERDAY, WE HAVE CASES WHEN
YESTERDAY, WE HAVE CASES WHEN
ABOUT 100 OF OUR CITIES TRY TO
LEAVE OUR CITY, FROM THE
UKRAINIAN CHEQUEPOINT.
THERE IS A RUSSIAN CHECKPOINT.
THEY START TO SHOOT FROM ARMED
WEAPON, NOT DIRECTLY TO THE CAR,
BUT AROUND TO PUSH THEM GO BACK.
SO IT'S NOT ABSOLUTELY POSSIBLE
TO GO TO MARIUPOL AT THE MOMENT.
>> THE WORLD WAS SHOCKED BY THE
IMAGES OF A MATERNITY AND
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ATTACKED BY
THE SKY FROM RUSSIAN FORCES.
WE SAW PREGNANT WOMEN CARRIED
OUT ON STRETCHERS IN YOUR CITY.
THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT SAID
THERE WERE UKRAINIAN SOLDIERS
HOUSED IN THERE.
THAT'S WHY THEY ATTACKED IT.
OBVIOUSLY, THE IMAGES TELL US A
DIFFERENT STORY.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT
HOSPITAL?
WHO ACTUALLY WAS INSIDE THAT BUILDING?
>> YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY, A GOOD
PEOPLE APPEARING LATVIA, HE TOLD
IN THE WAR WE HAVE LIGHT AND WE
HAVE OFFICIAL INFORMATION OF
RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS.
SO, IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE
SITUATION IS LIKE THIS, SO WE
HAVE IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITY
MEDICAL COMPOSITEE POSTCOMPOSTS.
ONE WAS DESTROYED, ANOTHER ONE
DAMAGED.
SO WE HAVE 17 INJURIES AND
INJURED PEOPLE.
IT'S MOSTLY PREGNANT WOMEN AND
DOCTORS
DOCTORS.
AND THREE PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY
KILLED.
ONE IS A CHILD.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SEE
BUT MAYBE PREGNANT WOMEN OR
CHILDREN, IT'S WARRIORS.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY SEE
THIS.
>> IT'S TRULY APPALLING.
YOU SAID A MINUTE AGO,
MR. DEPUTY MAYOR, UKRAINIAN
FORCES STILL CONTROL THE CITY,
THAT RUSSIA HAS NOT TAKEN IT
OVER COMPLETELY.
HOW MUCH LONGER DO YOU BELIEVE
THAT CAN HOLD, BASED ON WHAT WE
ARE SEEING IN THE STREETS RIGHT
NOW?
>> I AM NOT SO SURE THAT OUR
ARMY WILL DEFEAT THE CITY UP TO
THE LAST BULLET.
I DON'T KNOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR
MANY DAYS OR WEEKS.
IT'S AN ISSUE FOR BATTLES.
I DON'T KNOW.
BUT YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT
HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DECREASES
HOUR-BY-HOUR AND WE CANNOT
DEFEND OUR LIVES FROM AIRSTRIKES
AND AIR BOMB AND THE USE
UNMANAGED BOMBS.
THEY ARE DESTROYING THE CITY.
>> SERGEI, THERE WAS A MOMENT IN
THE PAST FEW DAYS WHERE RUSSIAN
OFFICIALS WERE TRYING TO SAY
THAT THE BOMBING OF THE
MATERNITY CLINIC DIDN'T HAPPEN.
OTHER THINGS LIKE THIS DIDN'T
HAPPEN.
THAT IT WAS LIES.
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE WORLD TO
KNOW ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF
MARIUPOL AND WHAT IS HAPPENING
THERE?
>> 16 DAYS BEFORE, WE WERE A
PEACE.
COUNTRY, A PEACEFUL CITY.
WE WERE HAPPY TO LEAD THE NEW
UKRAINE INTO THE UKRAINIAN.
PERSONALLY I AM HALF RUSSIAN
HALF UKRAINIAN, SO I CAN SPEAK
IN RUSSIAN WITHOUT ANY
LIMITATION AND WITHOUT ANY
DAMAGE FOR ME.
SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY FORCIBLE.
WE SHOULD KNOW THAT LAST
OFFICIAL NUMBERS OF KILLED
PEOPLE IN MARIUPOL, IT WAS THREE
DAYS BEFORE, IT WAS 1,207.
THEY JUST KILLED PEOPLE IN THE
STREETS.
SO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD SHOULD
REALIZE AS LEAST V HALF OF THEM
ARE ETHNIC RUSSIAN.
SO IN MARIUPOL, PUTIN AND HIS
ARMY JUST KILLED RUSSIANS AND
THAT IS THE RUSSIAN WAR THAT
THEY BRING TO UKRAINE.
I ASKED TO SUPPORT UKRAINE TO
CONTINUE ALL THAT YOU SAY YOU
BRING TO AND TO CONTINUE THE
SUPPORT AND GIVE US OPPORTUNITY
TO PROTECT OUR ALLIES FROM THE
ATTACK FROM THE AIR.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THE
CITY HAS BEEN DESTROYED OR TAKEN
AND HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE WITH THE PEOPLE OF
YOUR CITY?
>> I THINK MOST OF THE CITY IS
DESTROYED.
WE HAVE SOME CEDRICS WITHOUT ANY
BUILDINGS.
SO ALL THE BUILDINGS RECEIVED
SOME DAMAGE.
EITHER THEY DESTROYED EITHER
SOME DAMAGES THEY RECEIVED AND
THE SITUATION COMES WORSE AND
WORSE.
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO COMMUNICATE
TO CITIZENS BECAUSE THERE IS NO
OTHER CITY WHEREAS IT'S ONLY
SHORT MESSAGES AND CONVERSATIONS
FACE-TO-FACE.
SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
COMMUNICATE TO PEOPLE.
>> IS THERE ANY -- IF PEOPLE
WANTED TO LEAVE, IS THERE ANYWAY
OUT?
>> NO WAY OUT.
ANYWAY OUT.
RUSSIAN TROOPS DO NOT ALLOW EVEN
MORE HUMANITARIAN HELP, EVEN
CHILDREN EVEN CHILD, WOMEN,
ADULTS, NOT ALLOWED.
THEY SHOOT WITH ARMED AND PUSHED
BACK TO MAR POLL.
>> DEPUTY MAYOR OF MARIUPOL,
SERGEI ORLOV, THANK YOU SO MUCH