VIDEO: Smoke Over the City, No Fires – What Mariupol Looks Like

A new footage of Mariupol from a drone by RIA Novosti shows the city covered in smoke, yet there are no fires. People can be seen occasionally walking in the streets.

It is important to recall that on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the commencement of a special military operation to demilitarize Ukraine. In his televised address, he stated that the circumstances 'require us to take decisive and immediate action, as the people's republics of Donbas have requested assistance from Russia.'