They included the 36th Marine Brigade, Interior Ministry troops, border guards and the national guard’s Azov Regiment. Ukraine sent some of its best troops to defend Mariupol. He estimated that 120,000 people remain in Mariupol out of a prewar population of about 450,000. Mayor Vadym Boychenko told The Associated Press that at least 21,000 people were killed in Mariupol, with bodies “carpeted through the streets.” He said Russia deployed mobile cremation equipment to methodically dispose of the remains in order to destroy evidence of the massacre and prevent international organizations from documenting “the horror the Russian army is responsible for.” He alleged bodies also were dumped into mass graves outside the city. That includes about 300 people killed in an airstrike on the Mariupol Drama Theater that was being used as a shelter, with officials inscribing the Russian word for “CHILDREN” in huge white letters on the pavement outside. The indiscriminate bombardment has hit homes, hospitals and other public buildings, killing thousands. Since it began March 1, the Russian military has pummeled Mariupol relentlessly with artillery barrages and air raids, flattening most of the once-bustling city. Black Vietnam vet at last getting his due: Medal of Honor
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