Mariupol Diary: Scenes of despair, resolve in Ukraine city
ABC News
In the first week of war in Ukraine, the country's southern port city of Mariupol saw shelling, the heartbreaking deaths of children, and the hope of new births
MARIUPOL, Ukraine -- A pale, bloodied child, her pajama pants adorned cheerfully with unicorns, is rushed into a hospital, her mother wailing in terror.
New mothers nestle infants in makeshift basement bomb shelters.
A father collapses in grief over the death of his teen son when shelling ravages a soccer field near a school.
These scenes unfolded in and around the Azov Sea port of Mariupol in southern Ukraine over the past week, captured by Associated Press journalists documenting Russia’s invasion.
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