A woman, identified only as Viktoria, told the Times of London that she had contact with her brother, a Ukrainian national guard at the Azovstal steel plant. “There are a lot of civilians [in the plant]”, Said Viktoria, 42 years old. “I think many of them are Azovstal staff. There are also many whose homes have been destroyed. “Many elderly people and children.” Viktoria, who asked to remain anonymous about the identity of her 36-year-old brother due to security concerns, recounted the heartbreaking scenes she described. Children pose for a photographer at the bomb shelter in Mariupol.AP “A lot of people started stuttering. “Some are losing hair and teeth,” he said, adding that many of the children had seen their parents killed and some had turned gray from the trauma. Victoria said her brother also described a night when part of the factory was bombed, slaughtering some of the frightened civilians inside. Her brother has been trapped in the factory since February 24. “We took what was left of their body with a shovel and put it in separate plastic bags,” her brother said of the night, according to Viktoria. Many bodies were killed in bombings located among the ruins in Mariupol. SOPA Images / LightRocket via Gett “Then they wrote their names on these bags,” he said. “Many of the wounded are lying on the ground, sometimes in mattresses,” the shattered sister continued, recounting the horror her little brother had seen. “Operations are performed there as well. They have no antiseptic so many people rot. My brother never changed his uniform. He is still wearing what he wore in the beginning “. The children gather for Orthodox Easter Sunday at the Azovstal steel plant where Ukrainian soldiers are holding out. VIA REUTERS The information, all used by her brother, could not be verified independently. The report comes as Russian bombardment of the port of Donbass continues unabated, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring victory over the city’s defenders last week. Petro Andriushenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, told the Telegram channel on Friday that Russian troops had tried and failed to invade the steel plant, despite Putin’s public statement last week that he would exclude the Ukrainians. Women and children sit on the floor of a corridor in a hospital in Mariupol “Yesterday, the occupiers continued their attempts to invade Azovstal,” he wrote, adding, “Success has not been achieved, so the bombing and shelling continues.” The United Nations is reportedly trying to make a rescue effort in Mariupol on Friday, following a meeting with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in recent days. Despite Putin agreeing to a UN-led evacuation “in principle”, Russian forces carried out airstrikes in the Ukrainian capital Kiev yesterday – while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was meeting with Zelensky. A girl is sitting in the improvised bomb shelter in Mariupol Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, called Putin’s missile strike a “middle finger” on the United Nations. About 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers and 1,000 unarmed civilians are believed to be taking refuge in the Azovstal plant. The UN did not provide details on any proposed rescue plan, citing safety and security concerns. With Post cables
