Brave residents in Mariupol, south-east Ukraine, are attempting to carry on with their lives despite the city being shelled by Russia.

Footage from March 23 shows large sections of buildings torn to pieces by four weeks of Russian bombardment.

One local on Kuprina Street pointed towards a building and said "Everything is broken at all, there, the fifth floor is broken further. So that's the way things are. Let them think for themselves. We are mortal people, but I hesitated to sit in the cellar."

When asked why he hasn't left the city, he said: "I can't leave my parents. How will I leave my parents? And that's it, that's what I'm saying, goodbye, that's it."

According to Ukrainian reports, 15,000 civilians have been forcibly deported from Mariupol to Russia.

This footage was filmed and produced 23 March 2022.

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth week, the majority of the population of Mariupol remains trapped in the besieged city, under near-constant bombardment, cut off from electricity, heating and phone coverage, and with food, water and medications fast running out. Earth-shattering shelling and aerial bombardments have directly damaged countless apartment buildings and blown out the windows in many more.

Translation of the interviews with the residents of the city:

[0:48-1:41]
– Tell me, please, about these destructions here, do you know who fired it?
– Azov from Krasnopolsk.
– How long ago did this shelling happen?
– From the very beginning.
– What was the goal? Has the DPR military been here already?
– No, there was no one. The DPR entered Novoselok on the 16th. And so it's purely the shooting of the city. They were kidding. They shot in 4 directions, in a circle. 5 shells to the airport, 5 shells to the old Crimea, 2 shells to the city, and so on in a circle. What's it? This is lawlessness, I think.
[1:54-2:55]
– Hello, and tell me, please, where are we now?
– On Kuprin St., 17th microdistrict.
– Tell me, what is the situation now?
– Here, look what's being done. Here, please, I show you, there is a "Zhiguli" house. Ah, everything is broken at all, there, the 5th floor is broken further. So that's the way things are. Let them think for themselves. We are mortal people, but I hesitated to sit in the cellar.
– And when did the shelling happen here?
– It's been going on for about a week. It was on the 13th. Why should we suffer? I'm retired.
– Did you have the opportunity to leave the city? Have you heard about the humanitarian corridor?
– I can't leave my parents. How will I leave my parents? And that's it, that's what I'm saying, goodbye, that's it.