Abroad|The Russian attack
In the morning, there were no signs of a landing of Russian troops yet.
Mariupol / Helsinki
Explosions belonged to all over Ukraine and the country said at least eight people died when Russia invaded Ukraine early Thursday morning.
Supplier of HS Vesa Sirén and photographer Kalle Koponen were in the morning in Mariupol on the shores of the Sea of Asov, just southeast of the country. Russian troops were reported to have landed near Mariupol, but still in the morning half past seven rainy gray centers were calm.
Many Mariupol residents hurried to their cars with the intention of heading west, even though the country’s president had mentioned staying home the best.
At the same time, ATB trucks transporting groceries to the city stopped 10 kilometers west of Mariupol to wait for further instructions.
According to Koponen, the situation has clearly progressed to the point where the city must be left.
“There are a lot of cars queuing up at this gas station we’re in right now.”
People queued up for fuel west of Mariupol.
At the gas station, Tatjana was refueling from a tank truck to the station’s tanks as demand exploded.
News agency According to Reuters, several explosions have been heard near the city.
“There have been explosions everywhere since the morning,” says the Izi Drive gas station salesman Tatiana From the village of Topolina near Mariupol.
“I didn’t get any sleep.”
However, he got to his job at a gas station located about ten kilometers west of downtown Mariupol. In the yard of the gas station, dozens of residents of Mariupol and the surrounding area queued up for gas at half past eight in the morning.
“My village also heard the sounds of explosions from more than one direction,” said a retiree seeking gasoline Nikolai To HS.
“This is disgusting.”
Traffic began to form west of Mariupol after seven in the morning.
Rozevkan in the village west of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, queues increased minute by minute at gas stations and the village’s ATM on Wednesday the first morning of the Russian invasion.
The maximum withdrawal of cash had been restricted for a longer period.
“I got the amount of cash that is now possible to get,” Marina Kostenko told HS.
“My husband is a police officer and is currently on the border with the Luhansk region. I will follow his instructions. “
Kostenko had heard several sounds of explosions since early morning.
“There is a war now. And it is time for the Ukrainians to defend themselves, ”Kostenko said, rushing towards his home.
Marina Kostenko, a resident of Rozivka, did not get as much from the ATM as she would have liked.
In the village of Rozivka, less than 50 km northwest of Mariupol, people were queuing up at Privatbank’s ATM.
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