‘No food, water, electricity or gas in Mariupol’

We’ve been bringing you news from Mariupol – one of the Ukrainian cities hit worst by the fighting. In the last few hours, a maternity and children’s hospital has reportedly been hit by a Russian strike.

Myhajlo Todurov – who used to live in Mariupol before moving to Slovenia two decades ago – says he has not heard from his family there for eight days.

Speaking before the hospital attack, Todurov says the situation in the city is a “huge catastrophe”.

“Both my grandparents, my aunts and their families are there

“I managed to hear from some friends in Mariupol on Sunday but I have heard nothing since

“[People] say that there is no food, water, electricity or gas. People are making fires and cooking what little they have.”