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Mariupol, a city in southern Ukraine, was completely destroyed by Russian bombing.



Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung of Washington interviewed Deputy Mayor Mariupol exclusively about what is happening in the place that has turned into a living hell.



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After facing strong resistance from Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, the Russian army has put off entry into the city and has been conducting a blockade for the 13th day.



Deputy Mayor Sergei Orlov Mariupol, who was interviewed by SBS under extremely dangerous conditions, said there had been eight air strikes last night alone.



Artillery fire on civilian residential areas continues nonstop.



[Sergei Orlov / Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: Aircraft continue to bombard once an hour.

They inflict horrendous damage with indiscriminate and untargeted bombardment.

They are completely destroying the city.]



The city's electricity, water and heating facilities are all destroyed, and citizens are struggling to survive.



[Sergei Orlov / Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: People go out on the road to pick up wood and use it as fuel to make food.

We collect snow, melt it, and use it as drinking water.]



So far, the number of civilian deaths in Mariupol has reached close to 1,600.



The body of civilians has grown so large that they are left on the streets, and there is no choice but to bury them in a ditch.



[Sergei Orlov/Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: (How about the civilian casualties in Mariupol?) We know that at least 150 civilians are killed a day.

We opened our first mass burial and buried 47 people.

The Russian military does not allow funerals outside the city to be held in civilian cemeteries.]



Deputy Mayor Orlov said he had no contact with his family at this time.



[Sergei Orlov/Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: I am out of contact with my mother, father and brother.

They originally live in the area of ​​Mariupol where I grew up, which is no longer there.] They



tried to get civilians out through humanitarian channels, but the Russians said they didn't stop the attack.



[Sergei Orlov / Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: In Mariupol, the attack never stopped for even 15 minutes.

They are preventing even humanitarian items from entering Mariupol.]



In particular, they voiced that the bombing of a maternity hospital in Mariupol by Russian forces was a war crime.



It denounced Russia's claim that the videos and photos reported by the Western media were made by Ukrainian soldiers as the most brutal lie.



[Sergei Orlov/Deputy Mayor of Mariupol: This is the most cruel lie I have ever heard in my life.

Who is a soldier?

Are you saying that a pregnant woman or a dead child is a soldier?]



Korea did not forget to thank Korea for participating in sanctions against Russia.



[Sergei Orlov/Deputy Mayor Mariupol: We thank Korea for joining the sanctions.

Please continue to support us so that sanctions can be strengthened.

And give us a chance to become Ukrainians.]



Putin's unreasonable number of attempts to win Ukraine's surrender at any cost makes the war even more devastating.



(Video coverage: Jeong-sik Oh, video editing: Ho-jin Kim)