Independent journalist Patrick Lancaster documented the scene as citizens of Mariupol, Ukraine attempted to either flee or go into hiding amid heavy shelling.
Lancaster is embedded with the soldiers fighting for the Donetsk People’s Republic and Russia, but encourages everyone around the world to monitor reporting from both sides of the Ukraine conflict.
Footage posted Monday shows Lancaster hanging out with some of the young animals living at the Mariupol private zoo.
The zoo’s owner told Lancaster several animals have already died after being hit by shrapnel, but says he’ll have to remain in the warzone since he can’t evacuate all of the critters.
Asked for his opinion on the war, the zoo owner said, “Nobody needs it. Brother fights brother…”
Regarding who is responsible for the shelling of his city, the zookeeper said both sides are shooting, adding, “It’s a war.”
Tragic footage shows citizens holed up in a basement being evacuated to Russia where they have relatives.
Many of the individuals who chose to stay in Mariupol looked into Lancaster’s camera and told their loved ones in other countries that they were alive and well.
One crying woman explained that her mother is lost and she won’t leave the city until she finds her.
Throughout the heartbreaking interviews, thundering crashes of nearby explosions constantly ring out.
Near the end of the report, a grieving woman in an ambulance claimed the Ukrainian military shelled civilian neighborhoods, saying, “It’s like they’re evicting us from there.”
At the center of Mariupol, Lancaster’s footage shows a Russian flag was raised after their forces took a portion of the city from the Ukrainian military.
Another woman alleged the Ukrainian military’s Azov Battalion endangered civilians in the city by bombing them, claiming, “It was flying from the direction they [Ukrainians] were located… They just removed us so that people did not gather there, and their tanks could freely go to the ring road.”
source https://www.infowars.com/posts/ukraine-under-fire-reporter-documents-war-torn-mariupol
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