A photographer who has been documenting people fleeing Mariupol said he saw a long line of damaged cars and some carrying white ribbons and paper signs. The images were taken at a shopping mall in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 16. The mall was transformed into a registration centre, where people volunteered to process those fleeing the besieged city. The city is being attacked by Russian fighters who have destroyed public buildings, including a theatre, maternity hospital, and art school. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that 4,000 people had fled Mariupol for Zaporizhzhia. 100,000 people are trapped in the city without food, water, power, or medical supplies, he said in a speech posted to Telegram. People were too emotional to speak with the photographer. They faced long journeys from Mariupol to Zaporizhzhia by car and were often stopped by Russian fighters. He told Insider that many people had to sleep in their cars to save fuel. He said that they didn't turn on the heat because they didn't have much gas. Emre said the woman looked at him at first and smiled, but then she started crying. Keep reading.
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