What Happened in Mariupol When Russia Invaded? Here's one Ukrainian woman's gripping account.
Escape from Mariupol: A Survivor's True Story tells the tale of Adoriana Marik, a Ukrainian refugee who escaped war-torn Mariupol after spending five weeks underground during the worst bombing and fighting. At the end of the book, Adoriana writes: The story of my escape from Mariupol and my life as a refugee is a mere grain of sand on a beach containing millions of grains: each one tells the story of an individual Ukrainian's suffering since the first shells dropped over Mariupol on February 24, 2022. In this three-part series, I will tell you about the plight of another Ukrainian refugee from Mariupol. Diana in Mariupol Her name is Diana, and her story is very similar to that of Adoriana's, reminding all of us that the tragedies and human suffering in Mariupol at the start of Russia's invasion are not fictitious, as some Russian bots would have you think. According to Ukrainian officials, at least 23,000 civilians were killed in Mariupol in the early months of Russ