Local residents sit in a car while waiting at a checkpoint as they leave the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic. On February 24 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine following recognition of the independence of breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk republics.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Social Issues
- Location: Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic
- Event date: 17.03.2022
- Date published: 18.03.2022
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5568x3712px, 9Mb
- Job-ID: 319d3b5480dcdfb9