Mariupol Mayor Suspects Traitors Who Leaked Coordinates Of Vital Locations To The Russian Military

Illustration of buildings in Ukraine destroyed by Russian attacks. (Wikimedia Commons/kh.dsns.gov.ua)

JAKARTA - The mayor of Mariupol, Vadym Boychenko, has accused a traitor of passing vital information to Russian troops during the bombing of the southern port city at the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

Boychenko, told the BBC that the destruction of the city's critical infrastructure, including the electricity supply, was well coordinated. And he suspects the traitors who have provided the coordinates to Russia, as quoted from The Guardian, Monday 13 June.

"They knew where to shoot. There were a lot of traitors who gave the coordinates. Everything we had, everything that was considered important infrastructure of the city, was destroyed in the first seven days," Boychenko complained.

"There are 15 power supplies in the city. Even the mayor doesn't know where they are all. And they found out and within a week destroyed all 15," he continued.

"Water points, communication lines and food and medicine storage warehouses were also targeted," he said.

He accused the "traitors" of being city council representatives from the pro-Russian party, The Opposition Platform - For Life, which now rules the city under Russian occupation. However, this information is still an unconfirmed accusation.

Boychenko also said that more than 100,000 people were still trapped in the Russian-occupied city. They suffer because they have no clean water, no food, no electricity, no medicine.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to discuss safe grain exports from Ukraine, according to a video of his meeting with Turkish youth released by the presidential office.

The Black Sea blockade prevented Ukraine from exporting its grain, leaving millions of people in various countries on the brink of starvation with Russia capturing most of Ukraine's coast.

"There is a war going on between Ukraine and Russia, and we know that most of the agricultural products come from these countries," said President Erdogan, launching TASS June 13.

"At this stage, we have no problem with this, we have 5 million tonnes of wheat in our warehouses, but we want to increase this volume," he explained.