There were no funerals. There were no public gatherings to honor those who died during the relentless attacks by Russia on the port city of Mariupol, which has become a symbol of Ukraine's fierce resistance. Only mass graves told the story of the besieged city.
The world would not have seen any of this if not for Myroslav Chernov, Yevhen Maloletka, and Vysilisa Stepanenko, a team from the Associated Press who were in the city when the invasion began. They remained in Mariupol even after it became one of the most dangerous places on Earth. For over two weeks, they were the only international media in the city and the only journalists able to transmit video and photographs to the outside world.
Moscow despises their work. The Russian embassy in London tweeted an AP image with the word "Fake" in red. A senior Russian diplomat displayed copies of photos from a maternity hospital at a United Nations Security Council meeting, insisting that they were fabricated. But these photographs and the people they encountered tell the true story of what happened in Mariupol.
There were no funerals. There were no public gatherings to honor those who died during the relentless attacks by Russia on the port city of Mariupol, which has become a symbol of Ukraine's fierce resistance. Only mass graves told the story of the besieged city.
The world would not have seen any of this if not for Myroslav Chernov, Yevhen Maloletka, and Vysilisa Stepanenko, a team from the Associated Press who were in the city when the invasion began. They remained in Mariupol even after it became one of the most dangerous places on Earth. For over two weeks, they were the only international media in the city and the only journalists able to transmit video and photographs to the outside world.
Moscow despises their work. The Russian embassy in London tweeted an AP image with the word "Fake" in red. A senior Russian diplomat displayed copies of photos from a maternity hospital at a United Nations Security Council meeting, insisting that they were fabricated. But these photographs and the people they encountered tell the true story of what happened in Mariupol.
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