Mariupol residents bury relatives amid ongoing war
(22 Apr 2022) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS WORKING IN MARIUPOL AS PART OF A PRESS FACILITY ORGANISED BY THE SEPARATIST LEADERSHIP OF DONETSK++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Mariupol, Ukraine – 22 April 2022 1. Various of graves 2. Man digging grave surrounded by a family 3. Various of men carrying a dead body and placing it on the ground next to grave 4. Men crossing themselves 5. Relatives of deceased person hugging 6. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yulia Katykhina, Mariupol resident and daughter of deceased Viktor Katykhin: "When the first shelling took place, he said 'I can't believe the war started again'. But when he jumped on the bed when his daughter came he said 'the war definitely started'. He passed away after a while." 7. Mid of dead body wrapped up in plastic lying on ground 8. Various of people digging up ground 9. Close of wooden grave cross with inscription reading (Russian): "Katykhin Viktor 1930-2022." 10. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yulia Katykhina, Mariupol resident and daughter of deceased Viktor Katykhin: "People are sitting in basements. The district is being shelled, craters (from shells) are terrible. Cars are all burned in a courtyard. People have been killed near fire (where locals cook food), those who have walked with dogs were also (killed) by shrapnel." 11. Various of men burying the body of Viktor Katykhin surrounded by his relatives 12. Various wides of streets damaged by shelling STORYLINE: Some Mariupol citizens on Friday buried their relatives and neighbors amid continued fierce bombings. A lack of money to pay for funeral services and cars to carry dead bodies to local cemeteries has forced many families to bury their loved ones in courtyards. Yulia Katykhina, buried her father Viktor, who survived WWII, in a courtyard on Friday. Shortly after Russian forces entered Ukraine his heart gave out. Yulia said that Mariupol residents were holed up inside basements fearing for their lives. She said that her district was still being shelled, cars were burned and craters formed on the streets from the explosions. She described how people were being killed by shrapnel while being outside walking their dogs and cooking food. More than 100,000 people - down from a prewar population of about 430,000 - are believed trapped in the city with little food, water or heat, and over 20,000 civilians have been killed in the nearly two-month siege, according to Ukrainian authorities. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews #Mariupol #War #UkraineCrisis You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
