FAZ early thinkers: How great is the suffering in Mariupol?

The most important things for you this Thursday:

1. Tens of thousands dead in Mariupol?

2. Punitive measures against Putin's daughters

3. The federal and state governments want to agree on refugee costs

1. Tens of thousands dead in Mariupol?

Since the beginning of March, Russian troops have been shelling and bombing Mariupol

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"Inhumans":

The mayor of the embattled Ukrainian port of Mariupol, Wadym Bojchenko, has accused Russia of burning corpses in mobile crematoria to cover up war crimes.

This practice was intended to cover tracks.

The Russian military have turned the port city into a death camp.

"This is a new Auschwitz and Majdanek," Boychenko was quoted as saying in a message on Telegram.

The world must punish the "Putinian monsters".

Included:

Reports from Mariupol have not been able to be independently verified for weeks.

The city administration that fled had already estimated the number of civilians killed in the embattled city at around 5,000 last week.

In view of the destruction, she is currently assuming tens of thousands of deaths.

Before the start of the Russian war of aggression, around 440,000 people lived in Mariupol.

About 130,000 people are said to still be trapped.

Michael Matz, brigadier general and commander of the Bundeswehr Infantry School in Hammelburg, says Russian troops are shelling and bombing "unconscious residential areas, with no regard for casualties."

Escaped:

According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, more than 500 people managed to escape from Mariupol on Wednesday.

An ICRC team led a convoy of buses and private cars to the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia after civilians fled Mariupol on their own, the aid organization said.

Ukraine blames the Russian armed forces for the fact that bus convoys for larger evacuations did not get through to Mariupol on several occasions.

2. Punitive measures against Putin's daughters

America imposes new sanctions on Russia.

Hundreds of missing residents in Hostomel.

Meeting of NATO foreign ministers.

Despicable character:

The US has imposed new punitive measures against Russia, including including the two daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sanctions list.

"The disgusting brutality in Bucha has tragically exposed the despicable character of the Putin regime," said a senior government official.

The new punitive measures are aimed, among other things, at two large Russian banks and the wife and daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"I had made it clear that Russia would immediately pay a heavy price for its atrocities in Bucha," US President Biden said on Twitter.

Missing:

More than 400 residents of the city of Hostomel are missing, according to the Ukrainian human rights ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova.

"Eyewitnesses say some were killed, but their whereabouts remain unknown," she said.

The place near the capital Kyiv was occupied by Russian soldiers for 35 days.