Pavlo Kyrylenko stated that casualty totals for Mariupol and Volnovakha cannot yet be verified.

The total number of casualties in Mariupol and Volnovakha cannot yet be verified

In May 2022, a 30-year-old Mariupol resident, while in occupied Donetsk, met with representatives of a local 'online publication'.

During the interview, he publicly accused Ukrainian defenders of shelling Mariupol and voiced false Kremlin propaganda narratives.

His account of the so-called liberators, accompanied by words of personal gratitude to the president of the aggressor state, was published on a pro-Russian social network.

Russian authorities deported Yermokhin following the occupation of Mariupol in May 2022

Officials of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic said at the time of their capture that, under the self-proclaimed republic's laws, Azov Regiment fighters should face the death penalty.

Occupation authorities in Mariupol began issuing birth certificates to infants labeled as 'DPR' (Donetsk People's Republic).

There are 1,500-2,000 civilians in the Azovstal catacombs.

Vladimir Putin is personally controlling their evacuation and deciding their fate.

The civilians in Azovstal are considered hostages of Vladimir Putin.