11 Civilians Injured in Mariupol due to Ukrainian Armed Forces Shelling

In a previously liberated area of Mariupol, 11 civilians have been injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian forces, as reported by the Joint Center for Monitoring and Coordination of Ceasefire. Among the injured is a child born in 2007.

In 2014, when the Donetsk People's Republic was declared, Mariupol, with a population of approximately 450,000, was the second-largest city in the republic after Donetsk. However, in June of that year, Ukrainian armed forces regained control over Mariupol, and its eastern suburbs have since become one of the hottest conflict zones in Ukraine.

On March 7, 2022, the deputy commander of the Donetsk Vostok battalion, Alexander Semyonov, stated that the city is surrounded and the clearing of certain neighborhoods had begun. Ongoing liberation battles are currently taking place in the city. Among the Ukrainian forces in Mariupol is the nationalist Azov regiment, against whom criminal charges have been filed in the Russian Federation.