A view shows a newly built apartment block, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A view shows Azovstal steel mill destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A woman reacts as she walks through her neighbourhood past apartment blocks destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

An excavator demolishes a multi-storey apartment block, which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows newly built apartment blocks, in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

An aerial view shows Azovstal steel mill destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 15, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows an advertising banner at a local market in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

People shop at a local market in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows cranes at the port in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 11, 2023. The sign reads: "Mariupol is Russia". REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers walk in front of an apartment building under construction, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows a stele with the city name in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Armoured vehicles drive past a monument to a steelworker in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows a monument to a steelworker and a stele with the city name, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 10, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A local resident sits in front of apartment blocks destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, walks next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, strokes a cat in the street, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, walks next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, strokes a cat in the street, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, walks next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, walks next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, stands next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Tatiana Bushlanova, 65, stands next to the ruins of her apartment block, demolished due to heavy damage received in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 5, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers lower a coffin into a common grave during a burial at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A tractor carries coffins at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers ride in the back of a tractor carrying coffins at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers lower coffins into a common grave during a burial at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Workers lower a coffin into a common grave during a burial at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A bird sits on a cross at a cemetery in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the settlement of Staryi Krym outside Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Members of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attend the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Konstantin Malofeev, chairman of the board of directors of the Tsargrad media group, attends the congress of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Members of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attend the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Alexander Borodai, head of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attends the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Members of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attend the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Members of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attend the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Members of the Union of Donbas Volunteers, established in Russia in 2015 to unite and support volunteers fighting against the Ukrainian armed forces in Donbas region, attend the Union's congress, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

An aerial view shows a theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

An excavator demolishes a multi-storey apartment block, which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

An aerial view shows a theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Natalia Honcharenko holds her hands on a coffin with remains of the body of her son Yevhenii, Ukrainian serviceman who was killed in fight against Russian troops defending the city of Mariupol in April 2022, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a cemetery in Kharkiv, Ukraine January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi 

Evgenia, 31 and her daughter Diana, 4, both born in Mariupol, take shelter inside a metro station during massive Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce 

Workers demolish a building, which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov 

A view shows lamp poles in the shape of doves in front of an apartment building heavily damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers decorate a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov 

Workers decorate a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov 

A worker decorates a Christmas tree, as a building damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict is seen in the background, in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A worker decorates a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A worker decorates a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

People walk along a square past a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers decorate a Christmas tree, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Pavel Klimov 

People walk along a street, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Workers demolish a multi-storey apartment block, which was destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

People gather at a bus stop, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows the dome of an Orthodox church behind a building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A woman walks past a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A crane truck operates in front of a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A worker walks near a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A view shows a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A bulldozer is seen on the ruins of a theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A woman walks past a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A worker walks near a fenced theatre building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko