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Mar 2022
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Conditions are deteriorating in Mariupol...

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Hundreds of thousands of civilians remain trapped in the Ukrainian city — with dwindling supplies of food and water and no electricity. Mariupol has been bombarded by the Russians for weeks now. 
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