Ukrainian Mayor of Mariupol: We face a human barrier and we live without services.

The mayor of the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Vadim Boichenko, said his city was facing a "human arena" because all services had been cut off.

According to the French news agency Agence France-Presse, Pushenko added to Ukrainian television that Russian units cut all 15 power lines in the city, noting that they have been suffering from power outages for the past five days, adding that the city's residents are staying in their apartments because heating plants are operating with the herders.

Mobile phone communications also did not work without electricity, he said, adding that the main water line had been cut since before the war began and five days after the war, and water supplies were also lost.

Poichenko accused the Russian side of acting in a very systematic manner in order to cut off all supplies to the city and to increase the pressure on it.

He also accused the Russians of firing on buses that were supposed to take people out of the city via a humanitarian corridor, adding that of the 50 fully fuelled buses, only 20 remained, “we may not have any buses until the next evacuation opportunity.”

Boichenko called for the establishment of a corridor through which the elderly, women and children could leave the besieged city.

In another development, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski announced that he made a new phone call to US President Joe Bey, discussing U.S. aid to Ukraine, and licking him against Russia.

Zelinski wrote on Twitter to this effect, saying, "Within the framework of our ongoing dialogue, I had a new contact with the American President."

He added that "the pain of treatment included security issues and financial support for Ukraine, which will be responsible for the imposition of sanctions on Russia."