A humanitarian crisis is deepening in Ukraine as Russia intensifies its attacks on civilian

areas.

With Russian tanks repeatedly firing on apartment buildings in the town.

In the port city of Maripol, in southeastern Ukraine, more than 2,000 people have been

killed since the start of Russia's invasion.

We have no drinking water. One Maripol resident told the Guardian, we have no food.

We can't live like this, she said.

And Martin Shrubby of the International Committee of the Red Cross says they can't get emergency

supplies to people there.

They managed to help together with the Ukrainian Red Cross some of the medical stations provide

first aid.

However, today the situation is such that they themselves are out of basics, out of food,

out of water, out of everything and they themselves have to scramble for their lives.

Russian forces have shaled residential buildings, hospitals, a mosque in the port city.

And Russia's track record in other wars suggests that the worst may be yet to come.

There's a fairly unmistakable pattern.

And that is that when Russian forces meet resistance, whether that was in Chechnya, whether

that was in Syria, their response is usually to double down and use levels of force, including

against civilian populations that many people find shocking.

Consider this.

The scenes of devastation in Maripol are increasingly reflected in cities across Ukraine as Russian

forces advance.

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